Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

11/22/63 by Stephen King

57 reviews

justkaty's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book could have been half as long and still extremely detailed. Several parts felt repetitive. I recommend watching the Hulu adaptation instead. I also didn’t care for this particular narrator. Listening to him read female character dialog was off-putting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

ngb1980's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence

Minor: Suicide

jourdanicus's review against another edition

challenging 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: Complicated

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Not my fave King so far... I struggled to successfully suspend my disbelief enough to buy in to the idea of a guy time traveling with very little preparation or good reason to do so besides that his diner-owning buddy said it had to be done. I think I would have liked this more as a love story if the parts that involved the love weren't so repetitive (I mean really? THREE fund-raising variety shows in three years in ONE small town? That seemed less realistic than time travel) and weren't left until the back half of the book.

I'm sure this is a good read for many out there, if you like a slower plot or you just wanna read anything and anything by Stephen King (there are definitely a LOT of King-isms, many I'm sure I didn't pick up on).

Oh yeah also I really could have done without the antiquated language regarding race. Too much of the context in which it was used was quite a stretch when it comes to justifying that kind of language in such a recent publication.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Medical content, Car accident, War

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative 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: Yes

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My favorite King book ever! I was hanging on to every word!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

annaledbetter's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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Wonderful! A little long but that’s Stephen King for ya. I loved Jake and Sadie’s storyline. Couldn’t put the audiobook down! Great job, Mr King!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture

machen27's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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At this point I feel like I've only read works that are not typical Steven King, but this joins them as a fun, engaging read. I love a good time travel novel and I appreciate that King uses it to indulge that classic time travel fantasy: "What if I could change the past to save the future?" He uses the length to steep his story in the past, giving it shades of historical fiction that are also delightful. Definitely recommend; the pages will fly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Multiple depictions of domestic abuse and alcoholism. Can be violent at parts since it is somewhat about violent men.

danileah07's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Terminal illness, Car accident