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Christine by Stephen King

10 reviews

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

voicenextdoor's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.0

This would be a 4 star book, but I’m quite exhausted by the constant fatphobia, slurs and rampant misogyny of King’s books. The story is excellent and on par with what I come to expect from his storytelling. Since I’m reading these in publication order I have no idea if all this problematic shit stops in later decades. I want to believe it does, so if anyone knows, please give me hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

meganschmegan's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

hyperashley's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, and Murder

schizofran1987's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Christine is honestly one of my all-time favorite novels written by Stephen King. The characters are well-written and the plot is pretty interesting, especially when the reader learns about Christine's past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hcramer22's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

ford_defect's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

inkell's review against another edition

relaxing tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Racial slurs, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

alexandra_rod's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail