Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Regulators by Richard Bachman

7 reviews

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child death, and Gun violence

tifftastic87's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Such a weird wild ride of gore and violence from the beginning. The reflection of Desperation was really interesting and both stories are really about Johnny Marinville. He seems to be Stephen King's pet character and it is really like "what if we put Johnny in the desert with an ancient evil? Ok, now what if we put him in suburbia?" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Murder, Cursing, Alcohol, Death of parent, Suicide, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Body shaming, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Infertility

stellenelcielo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Both this book and Desperation stuck with me for YEARS because of how dark it is. I'm reviewing this now because I figured I should still add books that I read over 7 years ago to the list of books read.

But DAMN, y'all, Tak is a menace to society. 

The fact that everything takes place in a single afternoon while flipping the characters from Desperation upside down is just wild. Anyway, if you have a strong stomach, I recommend giving this and Desperation a read, although, maybe read Desperation first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Excrement, Death of parent, Gore, Confinement, Death, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Emotional abuse

kelsjargon's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Ableism, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

tobysgrundle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Child death, Racial slurs, Animal death, and Gore

lillian08's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

sparky_young_upstart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• 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: Ableism, Child death, and Death

A child with autism is taken over by a supernatural force.