Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

De buitenstaander by Stephen King

40 reviews

jossywright's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Takes an unusual turn which you will either love or hate 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

theimposter's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

atomistic01's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, and Death of parent

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, and Vomit

icieri's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

loserhippo's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

It’s a very good book! It’s intense but the scariest things are physiological which is the best part. It’s a very good who or what the hell did it book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

In the beginning their is a lot of graphic description of a gruesome attack/ assault and murder of a child as a police case and it is most of those triggers there is a lot of death in this book and a suicide so please if those bug you pick a different book watch out for your mental <3

chloevienna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.25

i had fun with this book, but didn’t find it to be anything incredible. the only other king i’ve read is the girl who loved tom gordon, and i thought that was far superior. this had some eerie descriptions, but nothing ever truly scared me or got under my skin like i hoped it would when i started this book. i enjoyed the characters and core ideas, but feel this had too much going on for its own good; it was somewhat convoluted and hard to follow at times. it was a fairly easy read and i enjoyed the experience, but i can’t say i’d confidently recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lpdx's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

pancaaakes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Overall I liked it! I thought it was neat that he was able to turn what could have been a very shot story into a drawn out, detailed account of everything going on. Without knowing anything about the book, I guessed that the outsider was a

shapeshifter

Fairly early in the book. I really liked Holly as a character, and I’m interested in reading the other book about her. Not my favorite King book so far, but it definitely wasn’t bad. Not for someone that likes long, drawn out, wild goose chase type books though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Violence