Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

It by Stephen King

21 reviews

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Hate crime, and Slavery

All I'm going to say is this. There is a scene containing some

sexual content between the Losers club

and it does not need to be there nor is it relevant to the story. It took me out of the story and as a result it definitely didn't need to be there and came out of left field. As a result it lowered my rating by 1 star. I would recommend anyone take a look at the content warnings before reading.

jackbifrost's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Animal death, Fatphobia, Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Classism, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

m0usey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

I love this book. I am a sucker for found family and the Losers embody that for me. I love their individual characters as well as their dynamics with each other, and I love the exploration of where their bonds lead them. I laughed and I cried over them, I could write essays about them, they’re really, really good characters and they draw me into the book in a way very few other characters have.

Not only are the characters phenomenal, but the horror is amazing as well. The dread and confusion surrounding Pennywise is amazing, and the individual traumas of the losers (home lives, bullying, homophobia, etc) really add to that horror. At its heart, this book is about trauma and about love and about pain and about hope, and Pennywise is just the facilitator of some of that trauma. 

Now I’m going to rant about this book with spoilers:

The losers club are a group of people who all thought they were unloveable until they found each other. All of them felt like mistakes, like burdens, like they were disgusting or wrong or gross, but all of them looked at each other and accepted all that pain and loved each other anyway. And ya know what? That love? It lasted for one. Summer. They were never all together again, not ever. And they forgot that they were ever loved because of it.

They grew up and forgot their friends and their hometown and forgot that they could be loved, that they were loved, and most of them self destructed for their entire adult life. And even after defeating Pennywise, even after killing It, they forgot again. All that love, all that hope, it was all washed away again. They forgot Eddie existed, they forgot they ever had anyone to grieve and remember for who he really was. They never got to meet adult Stan, and they never got to grieve that lack of knowing. Literally how am I supposed to deal with that.

This book is so fucking sad it’s insane. The losers were so, so loved, and they couldn’t remember any of that at all. And thats what make this book stand out to me, what makes it stick with me. It’s a tragedy and it hurts so much and I love it.

Anyway I love the stupid clown book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and Vomit

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

izzettl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, and Biphobia

biacharmeliteral's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

Se tornou meu livro favorito da vida. Foi meu primeiro livro de terror e meu livro favorito do King!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

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

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

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

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, and Torture