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picking_back_up's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape
daisywilkes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Antisemitism, and Murder
abhimu's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Murder
hellandhogwarts's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
eddiemylove's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Rape
charlies_shelf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Death, Rape, and Murder
samanthabee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
My Review:
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape
Minor: Bullying, Death, and Mental illness
thestorydoer's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The book is fantastic in it's tension, as per King's trademark style. It also provides an interestinf emotional journey from cathartic to ultimately disturbing which was quite the evolution.
It is also quite good in it's exposition. I usually find Kings exposition rather monotonous but this time, it was quite enjoyable to read thanks to the interesting creative decision to include research and journalistic articles dispersed within the main narrative.
However, this creative decision is stuck to religiously, may it be to the books benefit or it's detriment. When it benefits, it's interesting and has quite good foreshadowing (even if it were a little on the nose). When it doesnt though, it's quite unfortunate. This is because it often repeats climactic events twice, from different perspectives yes, but to repeat twice over became a little monotonous. I would've hoped that perhaps the separate perspectives were broken up in between Carries perspective, as opposed to full narratives played through twice. This ften took away from the climactic sequences.
Disturbing, tense, and interesting, if not a little too religious in it's creative delivery. Pun not intended. 3/5
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Blood
alexa_gee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The movie (new one) isn’t bad, but it’s a lot different. What ended up happening was I was expecting a and b to happen and I got A and B which screwed with my head.
I liked that it was done through both actual narrative and posthumous investigations. It took a little while for me to get used to but it was cool.
The end made me sadder in this version than the movie did.
I like Chris and Billy far better in the book than the movie (not as people, I just liked their character more).
I definitely want to sit on this book for a few months (probably longer) and then return to it at a later date.
Graphic: Child abuse and Murder
Moderate: Rape
remuslibrary's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Minor: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Antisemitism