Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

5 reviews

rainy_window's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rosereadsalot's review

4.0

The Langoliers: 3.5⭐️

Secret Window, Secret Garden: 4⭐️

The Library Policeman: 4⭐️

The Sun Dog: 3.5⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

nicoleckenyon's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

violetturtledove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Usually when reading short story collections there are some you love and some you are less enthusiastic about.. but with this collection of four novellas there isn't one that didn't have me hooked and i had to make myself pause between stories just to have a rest. Each is just the right length for the story.
I personally thought 'The Library Policeman' was the creepiest, although 'The Sun Dog' wins for out-right gore. My only criticism would be that in 'The Langoliers' (and to a lesser extent 'Secret Window, Secret Garden') issues of mental health are used more to fit the plot than the characters. Still, with stories like these it's a minor complaint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Pedophilia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sam_idea's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

2.6 stars. But I think 2 Stars is more fitting for my experience. Guess that hits my Stephen King quota for at least another 3 years. This definitely weren't "short" stories. 

The Langoliers - 4 Stars, interesting, the reason I picked this up in the first place. 

Secret Window, Secret Garden - 1.5 Stars, I just didn't care and found myself skimming the remaining 50 pages. 

The Library Police - 4 Stars, not bad but as a writer you should be able to find a better way to describe eyes than "chinese" 

The Sun Dog - 1 Star, I skipped the remaining 70% of this, do I have to say more?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Pedophilia, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Racism