Reviews tagging 'Gore'

De buitenstaander by Stephen King

67 reviews

baearles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

eadrianschmitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

ariajb's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Death of parent

pandash94's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism and Suicide attempt

sethers's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

scottwgonzalez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

wafeeliz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

TOUGH read in the first half... Between repeated descriptions of a horrifically graphic, violent crime and a mountain of exposition, I can understand why Stephen King may not be everyone's speed. That being said, the second half of the novel did go by quickly. Personally, the unveiling of The Outsider as a supernatural entity wasn't much of a revelation as the seed for a venture outside of the bounds of reality had already been sown.

I can acknowledge old Steve's strengths as a writer, I really can. Here: I enjoyed his unconventional metaphors, descriptions, and narrative integration of character thoughts. He really knows how to build a world and flesh out characters and their relationships. I've heard he is a pretty successful guy, so good for him! We won't dwell too much on the considerable amount of typos, erroneous use of various words and phrases, and casual 80s racism in this novel.

This book was lovingly gifted to me and I AM glad that I read something outside of my comfort zone. Hell, I might even watch the miniseries if I can stomach the visuals. How wonderful that Mr. King was inspired by my culture's folklore <3 This section does NOT resemble a message my kidnappers would have made me send to reassure my loved ones that I am safe.

What I WILL say: Holly Gibney you have captured my heart! And the scent of a new book?? NOTHING COULD EVER SURPASS THE SENSATION OF PURE ECSTASY! (Took a good sniff just now.)

#MexicanIt #HowLatinosSpeakInMovies #LearnedANewSlur<3 #DidAnyoneCatchThatYuneSabloWasLatino?ItWasUnclearToMe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

somebodys_fool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Should have had my King bingo card ready for this one 😅

SK is a comfort author for me at this point. There were some parts of this book that would make it an immediate DNF if written by an author I'm less familiar with. The random Spanish words/phrases spoken by everyone else in the presence of the one Latino character? 🤨 "Considerable bosoms" and mild fatphobia? 🤔 Plot and setting exposition blurted out by characters in phrasing that wouldn't make sense coming from someone of that demographic? 😂

And yet, I listened along anyway. This definitely wasn't one of my favorites, I think he could have better developed the premise. But the idea of a  shapeshifting serial killer is pretty spooky, and I appreciated Holly's point towards the end that a supernatural explanation isn't any less plausible than whatever reason a human being might do something so horrible as to maim and kill a child. This did make me want to read more Holly content so I will likely be checking out the Bill Hodges trilogy next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, and Alcohol