Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

It by Stephen King

31 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

I finally finished this. 
This was just waaaaay too long. Also the slurs used was just not it. Also the racism. There was a chapter were the N word was said like every other word. Also don’t even get me started on the sewer scene disgusting. I felt like a lot of this was pointless. Honestly watch the new movies because they were really good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

caerrie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

This book starts strong and then over the course of so(!) many(!!) pages spirals into absolute incoherent madness. There are two or three scenes that were intensely uncomfortable to read, all of them revolving around Beverly, the only female character

especially THAT mindboggling group sex scene between a bunch of minors?? in the SEWERS?? honestly it's so wild I was barely even upset that King made me read it with my own eyes. But honestly, nobody else should have to read this. Ever

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Why still rate the book so high? Because the prose is THAT good. The way this story is told is pure distilled nostalgia, it captures the feeling of being that age so perfectly and so beautifully that I devoured all 1,4k pages even though things were getting progressively more insane, not in a good way, and even though there were some scenes that would have definitely made me put the book down in almost any other case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicide

starlessnights's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

ironlunglex's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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

3.75

Had me until THAT part

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Racism, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

vanhalenreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

As long as this book was, I really had a great time reading it. I watched the movies first (I know, big mistake), and wow, the differences greatly outweigh the similarities. It's almost like the producers and directors didn't even bother reading the book. They just read the wikipedia synopsis and ran with it. The book is remarkably better than the movies. It took me exactly one week to read, and I enjoyed every minute of it. You feel every single emotion of every single character--even It! Stephen King is the king of horror, of that I am sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

lunasreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

it's MY hyperfixation and I get to choose the rating!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment and Religious bigotry

literal child orgy.

perleerose's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gore, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Child abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, and Alcohol

be warned of the weird sex scene where they basically have an orgy when they are kids. it's weird and can totally be skipped or skimmed over

mayakinsley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Infidelity and Gun violence

Minor: Antisemitism

tamara292's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Murder, Mental illness, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Antisemitism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Sexism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcoholism and Infertility

theteaisaddictive's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit