Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Carrie by Stephen King

31 reviews

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This was so good. Fast paced. I only gave it 4 stars because sometimes the wording confused me and the book doesn’t have chapters which threw me off at first but I got use to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Blood, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

adrienne_rennie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, Cursing, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Car accident

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gore, Blood, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Death, Car accident, Murder, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Violence, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

scip's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Sexism, Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Fatphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

kimberleysreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Death, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Violence

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Maybe Stephen King just isn't for me. This my 2nd book from him and at least Misery picked up. This book was just awful to me. I didn't like the way it was written. The characters were pretty dense. I don't think the storyline was well told. It just seemed pretty surface level. And just not what I expected it to be. And the subtle racism and fat phobic (maybe it was written like that because of the time period) I found unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Murder, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

casthecryptid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, and Car accident

taviarz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Idk if I’ll ever be able to give a King book 5 stars because of the amount of slurs he uses unnecessary. That aside I’m very worried about people who say that this is a “good for her” book. It’s a tragedy and I feel sympathy for Carrie but

killing all of your classmates for revenge is definitely school shooter energy, please get help.

other than that it’s a pretty normal Stephen King book. The way Margaret and Misery were written were almost exactly the same. And he really cannot write convincing dialogue for women. But at the end of the day he’s able to pull you in and tell a good story so what can I say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Racism, Murder, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Grief, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, Bullying, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

ayereads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.5

Stephen really delivered in his first ever novel.

Sissy Spacek's narration absolutely blew my mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Body shaming, and Gore

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racial slurs, Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexual violence