Reviews tagging 'Death'

Joyland by Stephen King

23 reviews

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Death, Murder, and Sexual content

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Headline: 21-year-old man loses his virginity to a cougar in order to get over his college girlfriend he never had sex with. 🤣

I loved the setting of this book. We follow college student Devin Jones as he finds a summer job in North Carolina to work as a carny. In typical King fashion, things do not go as planned, and Devin finds himself following the threads of a long-ago secret. Nothing too, too crazy happened; I was expecting more twists but this was still a satisfying mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Terminal illness, Gun violence, and Murder

lomis's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

stacys_book_nook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Death

saemiligr's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Somehow this really felt like a slice of life book with some horror in. But it was so well told I enjoyed the hell of out of the story. 

I don't know what tipped it but I immediately called who the bad guy ended up being. Maybe I've read to many horror or Stephen King books, but the moment the bad guy came into the pages. I pointed at him and say, that's him, that's the one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

stampest's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Gore, Pregnancy, Ableism, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

jourdanicus's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

Another King done for me. I've been finding his books to be a good palate cleanser when I need something predictable (in a good way) in between more intense/heavy reads. Not much more to say... It's Stephen King...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol

mithy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Excrement, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, and Murder

rachel_here's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual content

werewolvesnotswearwolves's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide