Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

89 reviews

weinerman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

grasss's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Genuinely amazing. The characters are wonderfully written; they are so believable and so human. The way it handles grief is absolutely amazing. It's pretty depressing and I loved every moment of it. You feel everything the characters are feeling. It's a story about grief and sadness and losing everything you care about, told in the most sympathetic and believable way possible. To the point where you understand what brings someone to resurrect their own child. Little slow at first, and it doesn't really get scary until the about the last 100 or so pages, but once it does its terrifying. I had trouble sleeping the night I finished it. One of the best books I've ever read.

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death

ktripp's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

4.0

What an interesting and oddly beautiful reflection on grief via a horror/gore story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Car accident

sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

Not really scary, it's more sad, with its scary elements being more interesting and eerie than horror. I don't think that was a bad thing with this book though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Medical content

leigh13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Medical content

sexualedward's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol and War

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, Sexual content, and Car accident

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

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Colonisation

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

adoxi's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.5

It's been a long time since a book has made me afraid to get up and get a drink of water.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death and Abandonment