Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

86 reviews

sapphicmuscaria's review

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

Not really scary, it's more sad, with its scary elements being more interesting and eerie than horror. I don't think that was a bad thing with this book though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Animal death, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Ableism, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

leigh13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Medical content

sexualedward's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Car accident, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and War

kelseyharte's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

Really great book, had me captivated from the get-go and for most of the read. Also incredibly disturbing content, definitely would not recommend for the faint of heart. I’m not going to lie, some of it felt a little too similar to “It” (Oz the Gweat and Tewwible), but luckily that wasn’t the whole plotline and it did still maintain originality nonetheless. I’m definitely nit picking though. I knew vaguely what happened but it still didn’t ruin it for me. Very, very emotional story, you definitely can feel the emotions of the characters and have so much sympathy for what they go through. I mostly found the main characters to be likable which makes it more sad, they feel so much like a normal, happy family. Plays with themes of innocence, loss/unbearable grief and strong family/friend bonds. Expect to feel a lot of things. Also I especially liked Jud’s character and the personality he brought to the book and the Creed family, I would argue he’s maybe the most likable character. Side note- I always love the easter eggs Stephen King puts in his books like the references to ‘Salem’s Lot and Derry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Car accident, and Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism

becca_w_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Ableism, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, and Addiction

Minor: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cancer, Car accident, Genocide, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Sexism, and War

adoxi's review

dark slow-paced

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

4.5

It's been a long time since a book has made me afraid to get up and get a drink of water.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Abandonment and Animal death

__thalia__'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and Terminal illness

sophactuallyreads's review against another edition

Reading this felt like more of a chore, like a, “oh it’s Stephen King, you have to read it” sort of deal- maybe I’ll pick it up in a year or so or sometime when I have the ability to actually sit down and have the patience for it

I literally had gotten to the rising action too and it didn’t hold my interest

What sucks is I love the stories King comes up with, but sitting through the writing is just way too tough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Gore

ogik's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Vomit

billiesgotbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Violence