Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Finders Keepers by Stephen King

27 reviews

eadrianschmitz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

 The King of villains strikes again. Excited to see what Ret. Det. Hodges, Jerome, and Holly are up to in the next installment and Holly's solo novel. Will Patton's narration is :chef's kiss:


**Spoilers below**

There's something slightly self-indulgent in writing about characters obsessed with a writer.
Everything about the rec center feels too lucky: That Morris finds the rec center as a haven as well, that Pete's mom still being conscious enough to notice where Pete went including that he took a key from the wall, that it was the only key missing and the key hook was labeled. Just all aligned a little too neatly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Racism, Rape, Abandonment, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Medical content, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Stalking, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Torture, and Violence

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Ummm…all I can say is wow! And I am immediately diving into the third book.

I can’t believe it has taking me this long to start reading Stephen King. After I am done with this trilogy, I am starting at the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

This is the kind of Stephen King I love most, and a cliffhanger to boot!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

claudia_moreira's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, Addiction, Car accident, and Gaslighting

blondieabrams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

jasmine256's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs

linda_wolf's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Rape, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Cursing, Blood, Medical trauma, Violence, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Vomit

yodamordecai's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

I genuinely really liked Mr. Mercedes, but this book was a huge let down. King tries to repeat the structure of Mr. Mercedes, with the criminal and protagonists perspectives alternating, but it fails the bring the tension it did in the first book. Pete Saubers and his family are not very interesting characters, and the characters that we are already invested in are barely in the book. Morris is a much blander version of Brady and is too pathetic to provoke much terror. I’m hesitantly hopeful for End of Watch, assuming it follows the plot hook of Brady’s

possible telekinesis

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Racial slurs

crystal689's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

vickyreptile's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Me encantó Quien pierde paga, la segunda entrega de la trilogía de Bill Hodges. Como todos los libros que leí de King (que son pocos, por cierto) tiene un ritmo EXCELENTE y me gusta mucho que Bill y Holly no son centrales en esta historia. Por otro lado, también celebro que en el corazón de esta historia está la literatura, la pasión por los libros, llevada hasta el extremo. 
Debo advertir, sin embargo, que me pareció SÚPER violenta por momentos y aunque para mí eso no es un problema, entiendo que puede serlo para otros. Ojo, nunca gratuitamente, pero sí es una novela violenta. 
Ya quiero meterme en la tercera entrega!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, and Violence