Reviews tagging 'Grief'

It by Stephen King

77 reviews

sommarborne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Cursing, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Incest, Infidelity, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Homophobia, Drug use, and Rape

karinavenice's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Alcoholism, Racism, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction and Grief

haven_k's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Murder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Child death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Homophobia, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Addiction, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

annaofjesup's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Homophobia, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Racial slurs, Alcohol, Body horror, Misogyny, Racism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Pedophilia, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Antisemitism, and Infertility

picking_back_up's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Physical abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Child death, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

aoifemarie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

“My heart is with all of them, and I think that, even if we forget each other, we’ll remember in our dreams.”

as someone who was (and is really) obsessed with IT 2017, reading this book felt like a wild ride. the high rating is probably because of how much i love the losers and how attached i am to them and their story because there are some wild ass things stephen king writes. extremely questionable at times and it really makes you wonder why. but at its core, this is a story of love and friendship and belief and trauma and he does such an amazing job of showcasing that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Child death, Cursing, Death, Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Racism, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcohol and Torture

bookgirl3575's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Blood

Minor: Blood, Grief, and Bullying

stareading'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

malthe's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Alright… I do think there are weird scenes in this, like THAT scene, but even those have an explanation that makes sense… but it doesn’t make it less weird.

BUT, this is the first book I’ve read after my 3 year reading slump AND I finished it pretty quick for how long it is (I would say). So it was able to keep my interested the whole way through, which is amazing. The writing can also be so so good. 

I really don’t have that many negatives, except for the weird stuff like THAT scene. If you don’t look at those, this book is so fucking good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, Dementia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment