Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Shining by Stephen King

93 reviews

tygeis02's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Drug use, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

perthjinta's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I didn’t find it incredibly scary, definitely eerie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Gore, Cursing, and Suicide

danibatista's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Murder, Cursing, Mental illness, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content

takin492's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Minor: Racism

ryleezittlau'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Violence, Physical abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, and Racial slurs

physicalsecrets's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

sleeppyyhead's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cursing and Mental illness

jordan_uhden's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Addiction, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Body horror, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, and Death

phvntomstvrs'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Alcohol, Misogyny, Body horror, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

annaofjesup's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, and Hate crime