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Gerald's Game by Stephen King

25 reviews

clapyourshands's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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joshoonet's review against another edition

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

3.5


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evangeline_miller's review against another edition

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2.5

Honestly, Gerald’s Game felt very dated to me. I didn’t enjoy the misogynistic “male gaze” point of view; one scene, in particular, was very unnecessary and gratuitous. While King does employ some interesting literary devices to inject the story with a bit more conflict,
such as adding dialogue by giving the character multiple personalities (is that a spoiler?)
I didn’t particularly like any of the perspectives, finding most to be very annoying and oddly unsympathetic. I liked the ticking clock aspects, but the end went in a direction that I could’ve cared less about. 

I guess I liked the dog and there were some lines that were just laughable, despite their offensiveness. 

Definite trigger warnings.

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olivia_hansen13's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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btrz7's review against another edition

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

3.25


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