Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Cujo by Stephen King

24 reviews

voicenextdoor's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Sexism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Rape

poorlyassembled's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

It's fine, really good at times, REALLY boring at others.

The pace is slow. And not in a slowly building dread kind of way, but a spinning its wheels kind of way. 

The characters are really good for the most part and have a lot of depth to them. But they don't really have character arcs to speak of. 

The rube goldberg machine that led to them being trapped in the car is well thought out. 
But almost nothing happens for about half the book. So even though it's very gripping towards the end, it still wastes way too much of your time for my taste. 

And the ending is just pointlessly cruel to me. In a way that just isn't satisfying or interesting. 

I can see others liking it, but it's just kind of ok in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Animal death, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Violence

seeker42's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Murder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Cursing

kreglow's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Animal death, Grief, Cursing, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child death, Classism, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

skelleybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Violence, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

kgdavis88's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

Minor: Rape and Racial slurs

jacob_dion's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Animal death, Grief, Blood, Gore, and Death

Minor: Racial slurs

skysbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity

greenrequiem's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Child death, Domestic abuse, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Strong warning if you are an animal lover

the dog dies, and we see the story from the dog's perspective at times as he get sicker

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Violence, and Rape