Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Misery by Stephen King

43 reviews

peyviz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

There were times the book was very fast paced and action-packed, but then a lot of times where it was slow and dragging. I disliked reading the parts of Misery's Return, and though I'm probably missing something, it seemed pretty pointless to me besides telling how it started and ended. Wasn't my favorite, but I definitely don't regret reading it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

kyleeb4by's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

definitely some weird sentences in there but yeah stephen king ate 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Sexual content and Rape

humanhalfofachilleus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

as with most Stephen King, it could have ended 50 pages earlier and the "creepiness" relies heavily on "gross-out" rather than true terror or horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Murder, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Torture, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Racism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

tomellibee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape and Vomit

britainmic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug abuse, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Drug use

Moderate: Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Cursing

Minor: Rape, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

emmasmidnightlibrary's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Drug abuse, Torture, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Self harm, Addiction, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Rape

poorlyassembled's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Minor: Rape

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Eating disorder, Rape, and Racial slurs

alliluh's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.5

god this was so creepy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

celina246's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

An SK classic, full of suspense and horror, so I can't complain. His ideas and stories are always fantastic in the world of horror, even if it did include those SK ever-present features that I dislike (i.e. racism which is always unnecessary & adds nothing to the plot, minor mention of rape, rambling, bad jokes). 

Those features plus the fact that it got a bit slow in the middle, so it took me awhile to get through, stop me from giving it a 4 - but once it picked up, it really picked up. I forgive the slowness a bit, because it did help you get in the mindset of what it was like for the main character day by day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Vomit