Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Christine by Stephen King

6 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

nadia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

I enjoyed this book, but it felt like it dragged on way too much! I felt like I was at the 50-60% mark for ages!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

btrz7's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Blood, and Car accident

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

straendeeeeeeeee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail