Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

16 reviews

imstephtacular's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Murder, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Excrement, Gore, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Dementia

Minor: Pregnancy, War, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

elmie1998's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The style of writing threw me off at the start - it’s written as one long confessional with dialogue only from one perspective so you never know what the other people might be saying. However, as you get deeper into the story it’s entirely gripping. Strong female perspective that is complex and interesting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

karamelka_kar19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Car accident and Child death

queserasara's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Incest, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

celestialkiddy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder, and Physical abuse

carolmariee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Physical abuse