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Firestarter by Stephen King

5 reviews

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Definitely better than Pet Semetary (the Green Mile will never been surpassed as my favorite King), but still struggled with some of the underlying topics.

Having an old man continue saying how beautiful a literal child is and how he loves her so much is disgusting.

Overall though, the plot was really solid and kept me intrigued. I also love that although Charlie’s power is clearly supernatural, it was some supernatural or paranormal “twist” that caused all the problems and tension in the book (King’s usual M/O). It was the government’s greed and desire for power. A theme I can always get behind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Grief, Stalking

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol

phantomgecko's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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At first I thought, oh cool retro 80s setting. Except the book was published in 1980. And man, running from the government was hard then, but imagine trying to run now.

Also, the computer usage was....amusing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

daringreader13's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

summboo's review against another edition

2.5

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

The book did not live up to its hype in my perspective

heartshapedbooks's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I've never read a book like, Firestarter, before and I absolutely loved it. The whole plot line of Andy and Charlie running from "the Shop" was eerie and exciting, and I loved how high the stakes were. The insight from all of the different character p.o.v.s made it very entertaining, yet frustrating because I just wanted to inform my favorite characters of what was going on around them. I sped through this book once I got into it, and I would definitely recommend to anyone who is into thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism