Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Mr Mercedes by Stephen King

15 reviews

isabellaoliveira's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Racism

seraxiel87's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

zara89's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Excrement

ackr3's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A good read and something slightly different from Kings other works. I am interested in reading the rest of the series to see if we get more growth of the characters or if it'll feel like a novelization of a police procedural.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction