Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Body by Stephen King

16 reviews

_marycappiello3's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Racism, Child abuse, Car accident, and Gore

mr_d8a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

At least there wasn’t any horror, just gross scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Gore, Child death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Dementia, Alcoholism, Vomit, Bullying, and Excrement

Moderate: Alcohol

cathrynlmiller's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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? No

5.0

Best Stephen King story I’ve read.

Favorite quote: “Love has teeth. They bite. The wounds never close. No word, no combination of words, can close those lovebirds. It’s the other way around, that’s the joke. If those wounds dry up, the words die with them.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Fatphobia

underscoresyd's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Body shaming

rrsilel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I love this story so, so much. 
A good-written, and - for me - nostalgic read from when I saw the movie a few years back. And I have to say, the movie did a phenomenal job. This might be the first film-adaptation ever that really translated the book to an equally good movie. This coming-of-age story is unlike others I've read, but in its simplicity a touching story came through. 
Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Cursing

februaries's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia and Racial slurs

aimeenotpond's review

adventurous reflective

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

maybe_perhaps's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs and Homophobia

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Racial slurs

thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape