Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

It by Stephen King

52 reviews

donnamira's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

stevedr0626's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Misogyny, and Racism

eileenmccoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

5.0

The way I would die for these kids. Y’all. I love them so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

kenna11's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

So many thoughts and so little space to write them. The book was well written and the plot was interesting enough that I spent 45 hours of my life listening to the audiobook. I could have done without the slurs every other page, descriptions of a child’s nipples, and other completely unnecessary information. Without all of these things I would give it a solid 5 but it just made me so uncomfortable to read (and not in the way I think he meant it to). I’m basically going to have to select every trigger warning on the list for this review 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

ladev12's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

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

madisonhh666's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Homophobia, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

peachani's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

I liked this way more than I thought I would. I am a fan of the miniseries and the movies, but when I started the novel, I found it to be quite slow and not very engrossing. However, that changed as the story of Derry pulls you in.

I would recommend this, but please be warned that there's:

1. the death of a child that is quite disturbing. It's written explicitly, though not graphic in terms of blood or gore. I wasn't able to read it; I skipped those few paragraphs.
2. a sex scene between a group of 11-12 year olds toward the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit