Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Shining by Stephen King

72 reviews

pixelpigeon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Don't let the page count scare you. There are much scarier things in this book. You'll be terrified yet unable to put the book down, much like the way The Overlook enthralls its guests.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kleaf's review against another edition

dark fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

luinthezu's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

bailee_c's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

he_slaughtered's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

this was unnecessarily racist and sexually explicit. uncomfortable in the way that it didn’t have to be, and shouldn’t have been. i hated the use of white characters saying racial slurs, or even anyone in the book for that matter, seeing as stephen king is a white guy. there’s some sexually explicit scenes which where wholly unnecessary, as well as perverted descriptions that don’t add anything to the story. why are there graphic descriptions of the male characters genitals (including the child’s)?? why is every male character commenting on the female characters bodies? it’s just uncomfortably sexual and perverted and racist. i’m sure there’s better horror out there that doesn’t do this. this is the first and only stephen king book i’m gonna read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Religious bigotry

corleone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

therowdypi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

claravalente's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Car accident

itshardizzy's review

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was my first time reading Stephen King and I liked his writing style and how he describe certain things in a way that I wouldn't describe or that I wouldn't imagine being describe in the way that was. He plays really well with time gaping, intertwining past, present and future with an amazing facility. He really doesn't have a filter or a limit of how gruesome he can go with his characters/plot and that was at the same time nice as it was shocking.

The plot kinda reminded my of the Hunting of Hill house but way more violent. The hotel really takes your ugliest emotions and feelings and amplify it — which is a bad combination when encounters Jack, a very problematic character. Jack was an easy character to hate, because even though sometimes he showed the he wanted to change, other times he put himself at a victim place. He really thinks that he is a bad person because of the way he grow up – which is probably one of the reasons but don't change the fact that he is a shitty person.

King didn't hold back on showing his characters deepest feelings. We really went deep into their thoughts and emotions – specially Jack's. We saw the character without any filter even the most horrible thoughts that was very usual for him to have. And I loved how Jack was being manipulated by the hotel but didn't wanted to acknowledge it, because he wanted so bad to be ok and to believe he was ok that he turned a blind eye to all the things happening.

Danny is a really interesting character, so interesting as Jack. He is a child but at the same time he is so smart and has a deeply understanding of life than his parents. King did a good job with his abilities, he wrote it so well that it was almost like his abilities are something totally normal. And his compassion towards his dad is heart warming but at the same time heart breaking. 

Wendy is another one that suffers a lot because of Jack. She is really strong and is as compassionate as her kid. She wants to believe that Jack can change but at the same time she know that he can't. And she has so much love for Danny, so much love that she is willing to do anything for him. She is the one that believes in Danny when he talks about his abilities and she is the one that tried the hardest to get them out of there.

And even when Jack is possessed by the house and trying to kill them, she tries to protect his image and explains to Danny that he isn't the Jack that they know, which was a very selfless act for someone who is a victim of domestic violence

I believe that this is a great book to start reading Stephen King and I'll definitely be reading more stuff that he writes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts

dannybrown59's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was going to be a little harder for me to get into but it really drew me in. While I loved how descriptive it was I really found parts of it to just be to drawn out. For a horror book I didn't find this that scary but that's not something that bothered me. I still couldn't put it down and found it really interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Racial slurs, and Fire/Fire injury