Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Carrie by Stephen King

33 reviews

hue's review against another edition

dark

1.0

As usual, King has a good idea which gets slaughtered by the disgusting way he writes of women, girls, and sex. The more of his works I read, the more disappointed I am. 

The jumping around from POV to POV to newspapers and writings of other characters telling the story was done in such a bizarre way. Like his previous books, this also included (despite being only 242 pages) descriptions of and interviews with people that really did not matter. The entire part three could've been left in the drawer as a draft and nothing more.

So all in all, not a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Bullying, Self harm, Death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

scip's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Sexism, Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Fatphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Animal death, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Antisemitism

weepingstones's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Suicide, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

meeklovestoread's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Maybe Stephen King just isn't for me. This my 2nd book from him and at least Misery picked up. This book was just awful to me. I didn't like the way it was written. The characters were pretty dense. I don't think the storyline was well told. It just seemed pretty surface level. And just not what I expected it to be. And the subtle racism and fat phobic (maybe it was written like that because of the time period) I found unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Murder, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Racism, Self harm, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

taviarz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Idk if I’ll ever be able to give a King book 5 stars because of the amount of slurs he uses unnecessary. That aside I’m very worried about people who say that this is a “good for her” book. It’s a tragedy and I feel sympathy for Carrie but

killing all of your classmates for revenge is definitely school shooter energy, please get help.

other than that it’s a pretty normal Stephen King book. The way Margaret and Misery were written were almost exactly the same. And he really cannot write convincing dialogue for women. But at the end of the day he’s able to pull you in and tell a good story so what can I say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Racism, Murder, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Grief, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, Bullying, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

heyfernance's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I love Carrie, this book saved me in highschool. Unfortunately it's peppered with unnecessary racial slurs and strange misogynistic asides. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Bullying, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

hoey_girlboss_queen's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Blood, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming

pabi's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The hurt just always lingers and I understand why you did what you did Carrie. Yes it was pretty messed up and I wished you and Tommy ended up together but life was cruel to you and I get why you felt like you had to do worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Bullying

Moderate: Blood

uhm_kai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

classic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail