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dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
fast-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? It's complicated
4.5
This book was very satisfying in a way, but I can also see how it would be incredibly triggering for someone to read. Please be aware there is sexual assault, violence, use of racial slurs and racism, drug abuse, spousal abuse, homophobia, child abuse, and gore (though the descriptions aren't usually incredibly graphic). Oh, less severely there are spiders.
Otherwise the characters were very fleshed out (though the main antagonist does sort of devolve into a bit of an almost cartoonishly evil character for "plot reasons") but it's a Stephen King novel if that makes sense so there's sexual violence and weird thinly veiled fetishes in my opinion (really Stephen? ANOTHER man eating spider)?
For what it's worth I read this entire novel in a single sitting (with Covid).
Otherwise the characters were very fleshed out (though the main antagonist does sort of devolve into a bit of an almost cartoonishly evil character for "plot reasons") but it's a Stephen King novel if that makes sense so there's sexual violence and weird thinly veiled fetishes in my opinion (really Stephen? ANOTHER man eating spider)?
For what it's worth I read this entire novel in a single sitting (with Covid).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual assault