Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

69 reviews

nat20charisma's review against another edition

4.75

A long but unique fantasy “portal genre” story. The pacing is comfortable, and I really did not see the story going the way it did, but it was satisfying. It’s definitely a case of the prince swooping in, but the princess is not totally defenseless and they fix the problem together. 

I had some minor issues with the story, but nothing that ruined it.

Ie: why was “blonde hair and blue eyes” a sign of a prince?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

The father becomes and alcoholic after the mother dies at the beginning, but that part of the story is short lived and he does recover. Also, if anyone is worried about the dog: Does the dog die in this story, the answer is

no. There’s a moment where it seems like she might, but she survives.

itsdeenlee's review

adventurous inspiring tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Minor: Fatphobia and Blood

victoriawl93's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

aude's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Violence, Cursing, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Ableism, Excrement, and Vomit

itsheyfay's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Violence, Alcoholism, Confinement, Car accident, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and War

lamoore72's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

javafenn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is very different from what I expected of Stephen King and I loved it!! I enjoyed the little bits of fairy tale lore laced throughout the story and the dollops of King’s world mentioned too. It was a fun story to listen to and a great twist on fairy tales in a very Stephen King way! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Alcohol, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, Cursing, Murder, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Violence, War, Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

mscalls's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Alcohol, Grief, Violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Kidnapping, Vomit, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Torture, Murder, and Physical abuse

jkersten's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Violence and Alcoholism

Minor: Body horror