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lakea's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Murder, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit
Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Terminal illness, Child death, Trafficking, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Torture, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Incest
arnold_shelby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Death, and Dementia
Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Body horror, Murder, Addiction, and Vomit
Minor: Incest, Child death, and Kidnapping
teoboy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Child death, Drug use, and Violence
Moderate: Incest, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood
Minor: Vomit and Suicide
ftjulez's review against another edition
4.25
My two complaints:
This man knows NOTHINGGG about being born in the year 2000. This book was mostly taking place in like 2012 without a single acknowledgement of either red skinny jeans or the classic song party rock anthem by LMFAO. this protagonist was supposed to be i think four months younger than me and i get that he was quirky and different and not like the other boys but i still think stephen shouldve hired me as a cultural history consultant.
My second complaint is that the Maury shit at the end came out of NOWHEREEEE!!!!! I was perfectly happy with this fatherless young man and his gayass mom and then in the last fuckin twenty pages Stephen had to go completely apeshit. IYKYK i guess but frankly i want to go back in time and unread the last little bit of the book because i dont CARE and it was WEIRD!!!!
Oh also this is a spoiler but it was weird that the one guy mentioned that the gayass mom had cancer and six months to live and then that was never addressed again and the mom lived at LEAST multiple more years. But i guess that guy who said it was also a demon and maybe also the same flavor of demon as my best friend pennywise since this book was apparently maybe also in the same universe as the clown books so i guess maybe he told a lie? Who knows but that confused me. I wish that he hadnt used the term “deadlights” and all the ritual of chud stuff because everything else about this book made fine sense to me as a stand alone novel but then it had to be recontextualized any time that shit came up. Anyway im going to bed
Graphic: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Body horror, Death, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Fatphobia, Drug use, Blood, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Sexual violence
Minor: Incest, Police brutality, Torture, Abortion, Cancer, Car accident, Addiction, War, and Death of parent