Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Shining by Stephen King

93 reviews

miagw962's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

(This inhuman place makes human monsters. This inhuman place)

Speechless. Barely know what to write (although I'll try). Just impeccable. I was immediately drawn in by the writing style, the characters, the setting, the psychological implications of various experiences, history. I love the movie for its ambiguity and thriller style but I EQUALLY love this book for its introspectiveness, its attention to detail, its story. I just...am a little lost for words. I just love it as a character study, about what our past can do to us in the future. I loved the paranormal aspects, the motif of the party and the masks. Brilliant! The breakdown of a family unit, the jealousy and heartbreak that can come from being loved. SO bloody great. I love the ending of the movie and I was kind of disappointed when I knew that that wasn't going to happen in the book BUT I was rewarded with a beautifully moving little moment that genuinely brought me to tears. Stephen King really did something here! And he wrote it so lovingly and/or so grotesquely too. Very excited to get more into King. I'm kind of intrigued by Doctor Sleep as a sequel (I mean the book never needed a sequel I don't think and neither did the movie - I've seen the Doctor Sleep movie but I barely remember it so I would be willing to give the book a go).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

animebloodqueen's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

yodamordecai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Medical content

mo_moana_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

The amount of racial slurs in this book are incredible,  at some points there's one on every page. It's annoying and completely unnecessary.  A white man has no business using the n word that many times.  It's not even to make the reader dislike the character that says them, they're said by the protagonists too. Other than that the book was good but that really got under my skin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

ivana's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

rci0_'s review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

runitsthepopo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexual content

mariahlindz's review against another edition

1.0

Stephen King's masterpiece...if he didn't feel it was necessary to use racist slurs every five seconds that in no way enriched the plot. If he can fully pull Rage out of print, he should also be willing to yank the harmful language from his books. It's would be so easy to express the violence and hatred of the hotel without using anti-black slurs. Disappointed but not surprised. 

And someone please give this man a course in how to write women. I'm so tired. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

remy_licked_my_book's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What a gripping tale of psychological torture meets Stranger Things demons. I loved this story. The characters are so detailed! I had to keep reminding myself that these were not actual people! Maybe it's because I'm a psychiatric nurse, but I wasn't scared of this book in the same way that traditional horror makes me scared. This book made me think and linger on the story long after I had put it down for the day. Throughout the story, I kept reflecting on the psychiatric back story of Jack Torrence and I could understand how someone so broken could come to answer to such a powerful demon like the hotel. All and all, I think another masterpiece from Mr. King. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide