Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Body by Stephen King

15 reviews

mini_'s review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

2.75

I did have to fight my way through this book and the first half was pretty hard to get through, because I just couldn't adapt to the writing style and got confused all the time. It had like 3 different POV's onece you've got the normal story with their way and adventures. Then you always have some random informations from Gordie ( the person who's POV the book is written from) from when he is older and, but it's not really obvious so I kinda struggled with that. Then you had these two extra stories written by the older Gordie, that I just felt like they were unnecessary, I understood their purpose but it was weird. I really wanted to love this book, I got it because I am absolutely in love with the book " the outsiders" by S.E.Hinton and it played in around the se time and was faintly similar. It didn't reached my standards at all, I was in love with the time, setting and general plot and thought that you technically can't go wrong with Stephen King, but it just didn't get me. The second half of the book was definitely better, because I kinda got used to it. I haven't watched the movie yet, but I think that this is one of the few stories that a movie portrait editor better than the book did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Alcoholism

Minor: Body shaming, War, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

the misogyny is there but is clearly stated to be bad in the next chapter. there are multiple ableist, racist, and homophobic slurs in this book.

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

stargirlmolly's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Sexism, and Gun violence

avaleigh123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Gun violence