Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Night Shift, by Stephen King

4 reviews

planetofblank's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I have very mixed feelings. On one hand, I think that King can write a fantastic story. Each short was unique and interesting in their own way. However, the use of slurs, fatphobia, ableism, and misogyny is incredibly off-putting. The n-word was used twice in The Boogeyman for absolutely no reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racial slurs, Violence, Child death, Gore, and Cancer

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Excrement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Racism

lisakate1126's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This book is quintessential King with the great story telling. I love his earlier works and this didn’t disappoint. I haven’t read him in a little bit, so this was such a nice reunion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Car accident, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Suicide attempt