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Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

2 reviews

pants01's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

DNF..

Started out ok, then there was a lot of reference to a boy who obviously has Down syndrome, even though there was no mention, he was called the R word & was used multiple times when there was no need, he was supposed to be the main 4 guys friend.

Later there was use of racial slurs and more use of the R word. This was really jarring and made me upset.

This book dragged on, was repetitive and definitely could have ended way earlier.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Hate crime, Homophobia, Death, Car accident, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

madinhoa's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I seriously don’t know what the Dreamcatcher represents. It was a good science fiction novel, the monster seemed stupid and like it could have been a little more creative in what it is described as looking like. Lots of good characters and symbolism. If I knew the purpose of the Dreamcatcher it would be rated higher, I’m gonna have to google what it means. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Sexism, Torture, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Vomit, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, and War