Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Body by Stephen King

7 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

lagaialettrice's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Fatphobia, Child death, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

my_hearts_in_atlantis's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Bullying and Child death

Minor: Blood

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

taviarz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

The movie has been a favorite of mine for years. The story is pretty much the same but I found the book to be incredibly reflective which added even more depth to the story. A sad and charming story.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood and Homophobia

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

srm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the first time I've read this book since I started writing myself, and man, it just hots all the harder now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, and Gun violence