Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

86 reviews

laziceva_kala's review

dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror and Animal cruelty

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Animal death

Moderate: Gore and Violence

shyleek's review

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Interesting concept but I personally felt like there was A LOT of slow parts. Too much story building and not enough of the actual story. Really most of the action happens in the last 1/3 of the book. Maybe my expectations are too high from Stephen King being talked up as a master of horror writing but this just wasn't it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Animal death, Gore, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

b_lownds127's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Car accident, Child death, Gore, and Grief

emilylouise1608's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

5.0

OMG this book shook me to my core. I can understand why king didn't want to actually release this book but my god I'm glad he did. The way this book deals with grief is so raw and relatable. The whole message behind the story about losing a loved one and wishing you could do anything to bring them back is heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Death, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Medical content

shirtypantser's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence

weinerman's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Sexual content

grasss's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Child death, Car accident, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Genuinely amazing. The characters are wonderfully written; they are so believable and so human. The way it handles grief is absolutely amazing. It's pretty depressing and I loved every moment of it. You feel everything the characters are feeling. It's a story about grief and sadness and losing everything you care about, told in the most sympathetic and believable way possible. To the point where you understand what brings someone to resurrect their own child. Little slow at first, and it doesn't really get scary until the about the last 100 or so pages, but once it does its terrifying. I had trouble sleeping the night I finished it. One of the best books I've ever read.

louisegraveyard's review

challenging dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death

ktripp's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

4.0

What an interesting and oddly beautiful reflection on grief via a horror/gore story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, Animal death, and Body horror