Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

68 reviews

unicornofblue's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Cannibalism, Addiction, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Classism, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, and Torture

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Bullying, Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

batchy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

paju_ilona's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

"As to what followed... if it was a thank-you fuck, I didn't want to know. And if it was a mercy fuck, all I can say is hooray for mercy."

"My heart didn't just hurt, it cried out no and no and no. It asked how i could leave wonder behind and turn my back on magic. It asked if i really meant to plug the funnel the stars fall through." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

shiftycow1313's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Car accident, Body horror, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Blood, Violence, Death, Cursing, Medical content, Grief, Slavery, Self harm, Murder, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Ableism, Addiction, Excrement, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

the dog does not die

djenkin96's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

This book seemed to be split into 3 completely separate stories almost. I got a bit confused and struggled around 200-350 pages in. I struggled going from an odd

fairy tale story

to almost

hunger games style story

and then back to the strange fairy tale story. There was a lot of stairs and I often got confused if what was happening ! It was overall okay ? I enjoyed the style of writing and would read other kings.

I just kept reading because I was worried the dog was going to die !  I’m unsure if that’s good because of the hook or bad because it was the only reason after

mr bowditch dies

- I feel that In. Itself  didn’t do the character justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

sabrinaslivingliterature's review

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Death, Alcoholism, and Body horror

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

The dog survives

anniefizzell's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Excrement, Gore, Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Grief, Torture, and Violence

hannahrose_fgc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Gore, Alcoholism, Violence, Alcohol, Cancer, Addiction, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense slow-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? No

4.5

yes it took my forever to finish this but honestly i kind of enjoyed taking my time with it. it let me sit with the conflicts and the characters much more.

the world is so rich and thought out, the characters were all lovable, and the narration (as i listened to this on audio), was one of my favorites. 

also, radar deserves the best

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

nat20charisma's review

4.75

A long but unique fantasy “portal genre” story. The pacing is comfortable, and I really did not see the story going the way it did, but it was satisfying. It’s definitely a case of the prince swooping in, but the princess is not totally defenseless and they fix the problem together. 

I had some minor issues with the story, but nothing that ruined it.

Ie: why was “blonde hair and blue eyes” a sign of a prince?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

The father becomes and alcoholic after the mother dies at the beginning, but that part of the story is short lived and he does recover. Also, if anyone is worried about the dog: Does the dog die in this story, the answer is

no. There’s a moment where it seems like she might, but she survives.