Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

133 reviews

kylesafgt's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Alcohol, and Animal death

truckasaurusb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Death, Blood, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty

cowsaymuh's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Animal death

Moderate: Grief and Violence

mika_thewriter's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Child death and Animal death

Minor: Terminal illness

joelypop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

immoralrite's review against another edition

Ch. 15 sucked, already watched the movie anyway

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing

_toni_'s review

dark sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

My third time reading King and I still don’t see what the fuss is about. Concept is deeply chilling, but my god does this man love to go off on pointless tangents. I’m noticing a pattern.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

emimcmanis's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Medical content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Colonisation, Child abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Genocide

Minor: Cannibalism and Excrement

lmm0's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is the first Stephen King book I’ve read - I listened to a short story a couple weeks ago (2 hour audiobook), but besides that, I’m still a newcomer to his works. I decided to listen to the audiobook when one of the hosts of Book Talk etc said it was narrated by Michael C Hall - Dexter Morgan? Seriously? Sign me up.

I particularly liked that the author’s note was at the beginning, and it discussed how absolutely haunted King was by this book. To the point where he put it in a drawer when he was finished, seeming to be in disbelief with what he just wrote/completed. I felt like that hooked me before the chapter 1 even started. It truly holds a dark and twisted message - one that is sure to resonate deeply with those who are familiar with grief and loss.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Suicidal thoughts

cwgonzales's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Wasn’t expecting to be so annihilated by

the death of a small child that doesn’t heed a parent’s call to stop running before getting plastered to the road by a truck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Grief, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder