Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Misery by Stephen King

36 reviews

toniw315's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was a disappointment. I didn’t hate it but didn’t really like it either. It takes awhile to pick up and the sections of Misery Returns were long and irrelevant to the actual plot. Very tense with well done suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cultural appropriation, Violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Body horror, Blood, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cursing, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Addiction

etherealsuju's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, and Torture

yoonkins's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

I love the descriptions of pain, as dark as that seems to write. It made me uncomfortable, as though I was feeling it myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence

ameliac3's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Child death, Confinement, Vomit, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Death, and Violence

slaywithsteph's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, and Car accident

Moderate talk of death of infants, killing of infants

bella613's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was my first Stephen King novel (although I have seen some other movie adaptations) and… wow. Very well written. As hard as is it to listen to in some parts, it is definitely worth the read (or listen) and did not disappoint. I’d highly recommend this book to anyone who likes the horror genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Excrement, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence

gjqnmxrcw's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Blood, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

eleanor_w's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Physical abuse, Car accident, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Addiction

risemini's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Vomit, and Murder