Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Cujo by Stephen King

14 reviews

taviarz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Bad but entertaining

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment

socialpsysteph's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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

2.5

This was not at all what I expected it to be. I went into this assuming/hoping that the story would revolve around a monster that takes the shape of a loveable pet (think Pennywise taking the shape of a clown). Nope! This book is heart-wrenchingly sad. There are sections written from Cujo's perspective that completely broke my heart.

There are no monsters in this book, even though it teases that to you at the beginning. This is simply the story of a somewhat neglected animal that gets rabies and hurts/kills many people during his slow and painful death.

I wanted to be scared and enjoy a good spooky book for October; Instead, I was just sad and felt the need to hug my dogs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcoholism

shortstackkat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I forgot how incredibly heartbreaking the ending is so it’s a really rough read in those final pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

rhunziker's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was better than I expected. There are so many unanswered questions and interesting suggestions you are left to ponder after reading this book. Honestly, I am happy to do so. Usually, it would drive me nuts to have these questions answered but it works for this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, and Infidelity