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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories by Stephen King

4 reviews

chupacobbruh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Murder

boundforinfinity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

"Writers' minds are junkheaps of odd information." 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', Stephen King, (2016, Stephen King)

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I really wanted to give it 5 stars, but I really didn't love the poetry and I'm sure it's someone else's taste, it's just not mine. 
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The story's however you get lost in, and take days to come out of, you are so fully immersed you find yourself locked in on every word.
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A stunning novelist, as always King, you are a bright spark for all of horror and novel writing. Worth every single minute.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Self harm, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Medical content, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Lesbophobia, Gore, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

theuncreativeperson's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Ok so I love this short story collection, definitely one of his bests. My personal favorite stories were Mile 81, Ur, and Cookie Jar, definitely good ones. Some scarier than others, but still really good. I've read a lot of Stephen King and this book is definitely one of my favorites. The only one I could not for the life of me get through was Blockade Billy. Im not sure what it was about it specifically, but I ended up skipping over it pretty quickly. Other than that, definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Car accident, Gore, and Alcoholism

charlietheraspberry's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Rape and Suicide