Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

It by Stephen King

26 reviews

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

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

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

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

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