Reviews tagging 'Death'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

198 reviews

heatheri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Any time I had, I couldn't put it down. A must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Cannibalism, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Blood, Medical content, and Violence

rat_leoo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Child death, Death, Medical content, Animal death, Murder, Violence, and Gore

erenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

knowh19's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death and Death

jazzijessi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

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

4.5

Prior to reading this book, I had no previous exposure to the story (including never having watched the movie). I’m so glad that my husband suggested this for our annual King listen / road trip book in October. Truly wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

nabaraditi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

 

pet sematary is considered as a horror book. But if i had to give a rating for horror then it'll be 2/10 because it didn't scare me like a typical horror book about ghost, something paranormal, supernatural, etc would have. For me, this book was about grief and also supernatural element but these two things could be considered as horror actually now that i think about it. Its about a family struggling to come to terms with death. I had grief counseling as a subject last term so i learnt a lot about complicated grief, normal grief, how grief becomes depression. Factors that affect how w grieve bc grieving is a very personal and an individual process. Not two people grieve the same loss. And this book shows that really well. How one person is ready to talk about grief while the other just wants to hide such things under the carpet.
Why do we grieve? Because we lost someone, right? But if we had a chance, we'd never want to lose them forever. What if you got a chance to get them back? what i loved the most is the metaphor: the place has a pull to make you do things.... like how grief can drive people to do things they would never normally consider.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

choco_bunbun's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol and Animal cruelty

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

My first official Stephen King read did not disappoint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Gaslighting and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

stalfos's review against another edition

dark 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: Animal death, Child death, and Death

vinett's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Car accident, Blood, Animal death, Child death, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Cursing, and Death