Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

46 reviews

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs

bookstin's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Death, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

killerpancake's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

Emotional and gut wrenching, this is a great short novel for King fans. I wouldn’t rec it as a first King read though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Incest, Murder, and Torture

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Incest, Murder, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

somebodys_fool's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Murder

brooke_jd's review

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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, and Sexual harassment

2lava2lantula's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Dementia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Incest

stephi's review

funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Incest

raidingkvatch's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

jaclynszick's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Dolores' one-liners throughout the book are hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse