Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Misery by Stephen King

225 reviews

beaniebabybecca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, Blood, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Car accident

emisbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i couldnt put this book down. so suffocating and gripping and gory. annie is a terrifiyingly unpredictable character. you truly get stuck inside pauls head throughout the entire story. highly recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Addiction, Drug abuse, Blood, Gore, and Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

Minor: Racial slurs and Alcoholism

midnights_sky's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Murder, Blood, Confinement, and Body horror

makeshift_human_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Self harm, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: Medical content, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cannibalism, and Racial slurs

maratagon's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Vomit, Death of parent, and Car accident

phantomsparrow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Violence, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Vomit

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Self harm, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gaslighting, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

lime_soda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

joshkiba13's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

How Stephen King managed to write a thrilling story that stars two characters in one room astounds me. This was my first novel of his and I was absolutely floored. Annie is terrifying, and several scenes had me clenching my teeth. I also loved how the main character was a writer; I feel like King was able to project a lot of his feelings about the craft which was neat. Paul's inner musings were fascinating. And to find out after reading it that King said it's partially a metaphor for past drug addictions, that adds a whole extra layer to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Mental illness

captaincrabs52's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Some of the parts of the book got pretty boring but overall I really really enjoyed this book and everyone should read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Gore, Car accident, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts