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deez_knucles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
The characters are pretty forgettable, Nothing too special about them, but I get the feeling that it was in the author's intentions to make them as human and normal as possible. Completely different from the movie's '83 adaptation, I think it's worth reading for the ending (being one of the most traumatizing of his books)
And because it is after all, part of the classics.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, and Violence
honeybeewitched87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol
damjanotom's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Violence, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity
Minor: Racial slurs
vixenreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
Be aware that there are subjects of heat stroke, starvation/dehydration, vandalism, animal violence, rabies, marital dysfunction, and childhood fears addressed.laneychaney's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Gore
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Alcohol
maratagon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Confinement
Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
readwithari's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Infidelity and Murder
kismetgrove's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, and Infidelity
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Sexual violence
voicenextdoor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape
poorlyassembled's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The pace is slow. And not in a slowly building dread kind of way, but a spinning its wheels kind of way.
The characters are really good for the most part and have a lot of depth to them. But they don't really have character arcs to speak of.
The rube goldberg machine that led to them being trapped in the car is well thought out.
But almost nothing happens for about half the book. So even though it's very gripping towards the end, it still wastes way too much of your time for my taste.
And the ending is just pointlessly cruel to me. In a way that just isn't satisfying or interesting.
I can see others liking it, but it's just kind of ok in my opinion.
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment