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Christine by Stephen King

13 reviews

nadia's review

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

I enjoyed this book, but it felt like it dragged on way too much! I felt like I was at the 50-60% mark for ages!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Body horror

veronikar's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Death, and Murder

beatle426's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Child death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

di_the_reader's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual content

joe_spracklen17's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Now if you're looking for scares from Stephen King then this isn't the book you'll want to get. This book focuses on character and the relationships between them getting strained and tested under unbelievable and supernatural circumstances. While there are some tense and scary moments, they are few and it isn't the main focus of the book. 
 
This book focuses on corruption and possession. The downfall of a friendship between Arnie and Dennis. Both characters are very likable (at least to start with) and it's very sad watching them get torn apart. There is also a small love story with in this book with a character called Leigh which is handled well for a small teen romance. All the characters in fact are very real and believable and each one deep with flaws that come to the forefront of the story. 
 
King does a good job at making Christine an interesting and intimidating antagonist that dosen't even need to be in the room for her presence to be felt. It's interesting to find out more about what she is and why. Although not all questions are answered clearly. 
 
Overall it's an good read full of teen drama, romance, friendship and violence. Another solid entry in my growing library of Stephen Kings books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

schizofran1987's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

Christine is honestly one of my all-time favorite novels written by Stephen King. The characters are well-written and the plot is pretty interesting, especially when the reader learns about Christine's past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Blood, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

straendeeeeeeeee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Hate crime, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

ford_defect's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content, Homophobia, and Racial slurs