Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Shining by Stephen King

107 reviews

alex60517's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

chloeburton's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What possessed him to put furries in this?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

erica80hd's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

4.0

I do love Stephen King, but I struggled with this one just because I hate Jack so much. Some of the passages were very difficult to read. The book was less spooky and more just full of dread because of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

shiftycow1313's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

roadesntoades's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.75

Honestly anyone reading the Shining in 2024 knows the plot to some degree. They know that the hotel is possessed, that Danny has a gift, and Jack and Wendy are always doomed to fail. While this wasn’t my favorite King book I do like this over the movie. I like how it is never hidden what the endgame is, nor does it needlessly diverge from the plot for anything. Everything has a purpose, symbolism, or message to it that is really nice. It did feel sometimes like I was just muscling through it and other times it felt a little too slow but overall I liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Suicide attempt

phantompansy's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

boats's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It really captures the feeling of isolation in a crisis. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Murder

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

craftyotter's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Racism