Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Misery by Stephen King

84 reviews

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Self harm, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gaslighting, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

captaincrabs52's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Some of the parts of the book got pretty boring but overall I really really enjoyed this book and everyone should read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Gore, Car accident, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

humanhalfofachilleus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

as with most Stephen King, it could have ended 50 pages earlier and the "creepiness" relies heavily on "gross-out" rather than true terror or horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Murder, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Torture, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Racism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

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

emmavardy2's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Car accident, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

emmasmidnightlibrary's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Drug abuse, Torture, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Self harm, Addiction, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Rape

kartooch's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

5.0

One of the best Stephen King books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Bullying, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

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

rpywell17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

tilde_c_s's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Minor: Self harm