Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

16 reviews

saskia6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i have no words honestly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Violence, Cannibalism, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

ladybocknite's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

I found this book to be really slow until 70 or 80% of the way into it. The narrator was really good though. I find the conversation topic of the book(death) to be really interesting and how it’s discussed. We see someone spiral because of grief and make choices that they think are good,but in the end aren’t. King’s characters don’t asked to be redeemed unlike most modern stories. They are just who they are and that’s it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Gore, Grief, Child death, Body horror, Medical trauma, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

kelseyharte's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Really great book, had me captivated from the get-go and for most of the read. Also incredibly disturbing content, definitely would not recommend for the faint of heart. I’m not going to lie, some of it felt a little too similar to “It” (Oz the Gweat and Tewwible), but luckily that wasn’t the whole plotline and it did still maintain originality nonetheless. I’m definitely nit picking though. I knew vaguely what happened but it still didn’t ruin it for me. Very, very emotional story, you definitely can feel the emotions of the characters and have so much sympathy for what they go through. I mostly found the main characters to be likable which makes it more sad, they feel so much like a normal, happy family. Plays with themes of innocence, loss/unbearable grief and strong family/friend bonds. Expect to feel a lot of things. Also I especially liked Jud’s character and the personality he brought to the book and the Creed family, I would argue he’s maybe the most likable character. Side note- I always love the easter eggs Stephen King puts in his books like the references to ‘Salem’s Lot and Derry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Car accident, and Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Ableism, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, and Addiction

Minor: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cancer, Car accident, Genocide, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Sexism, and War

cyanide_latte's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cannibalism and Infidelity

alylentz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism