Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

42 reviews

michaelavictoria's review

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Racial slurs, Child death, Child abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Torture, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Body shaming, Dementia, Eating disorder, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, Bullying, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Infidelity

kileyjojo's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Not one of King’s best but I enjoyed this thriller. There were definitely parts that felt overdone and tired but King’s style is amusing and kept me intrigued throughout. I’m thinking of revisiting it just to see if I still can be surprised by it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Violence

hailey_alexis's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I’ve heard good things about Stephen King’s new book Holly, thought it would be best to go back to the beginning. The points of view, ideas and some language feels a little dated even if it’s just from 2014. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Death, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

mountainstobeach's review

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

The book is well written as expected by Stephen King. This book moved more slowly for me than his others. The plot line was interesting however as werw the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcoholism

crystal689's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Stalking, and Racial slurs

nightstitch96's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Classism, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Murder, Mental illness, Incest, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Grief, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Medical content, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Transphobia, Vomit, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Suicide

westernsunshine's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Racial slurs, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Homophobia, Death of parent, Racism, Vomit, Ableism, Suicide, and Grief

mahy27's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Death, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

Minor: Body shaming and Child death

bookmarkedbyal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

zealandrc's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I love Stephen King in general but I thought this was kind of boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Incest, and Death