Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

119 reviews

xiggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Car accident, Medical content, Body horror, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, and Torture

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, and Car accident

bookie22's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Violence

crssmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Death of parent, Slavery, Death, War, Alcoholism, and Grief

cyndi1966's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Slavery, Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

taryn_g's review

adventurous dark hopeful tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Alcoholism, and Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, and Cancer

Minor: Death of parent

lissaslibraryxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Fairy Tale is a characterful, deeply cool romp through a cruel but enchanting fantasy land called Empis. The book is skilfully plotted in what I would define as quarters - the first is hero Charlie's Illinois reality, the second is his first taste of Empis, the third is his magical, suffering-filled coming-of-age, and the fourth is battle and resolution. Fairy Tale isn't frightening - it is tense and delightfully grim/gross at some points - and is original despite drawing inspiration from well-established fairy tale tropes. Charlie is an endearing, funny and believable protagonist. Empis is highly imaginative, as are lots of idiosyncratic phrases used. Loses a bit of steam in the last quarter and flails slightly, but is bastioned by loveable characters, vivid setting and a great ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Sexual content

emlm4's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

samburkhouse's review

adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Genocide, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture and Gun violence

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Animal cruelty, and Torture