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l1brarygirl's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Cancer, and Bullying
kaylabrotzman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Death of parent, Torture, Gore, Blood, War, Excrement, Body horror, Cursing, and Gun violence
Minor: Child death
knightzach's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Gun violence, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Religious bigotry
Anti-Christian.karapillar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Police brutality, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, Hate crime, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Torture, Abandonment, Medical content, Cancer, Pregnancy, Slavery, Child death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
shyleek's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
This is one of my favorites by King so far. There is detailed gore tossed in this whimsical story.
P.S. the dog will be your favorite character
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, and Death
machenn's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
cocoanut7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Excrement, Gore, and Violence
brittsbooknook's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.5
What I liked:
-the world building, an interesting way of looking at our fairy tales.
-Charlie & Radar the dog! Love, love their dynamic.
-How Charlie & his fathers relationship progresses.
What I didn't like:
-too much cussing for my taste
-some pretty vulgar phrasing at times
-the "this world's" current events/happenings being added into the story. It felt very random. It felt like they were added in so we can know the authors opinions on those things but it kept disrupting the flow of story and was distracting.
If not for my dislike reasons above I would have rated this 4 stars.
Graphic: Cursing, Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Excrement, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
topherisswell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Terminal illness, Body horror, Death of parent, Torture, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, and Alcoholism
Minor: Animal cruelty
anastashamarie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
🗡️ There's objectively nothing wrong with this, expect that the pacing slow. (So slow that I--as someone who strictly listens to audiobooks no faster 1.35x because I like to be immersed in the inflection and voice acting--had to bump this sucker up to 2x to be able to get through it.)
🐕🦺 Charlie is a well-rounded character, whose motivations totally hit hard...as I, too, would risk life and limb to get even just a little more time with my dog. The "other" world was as immersive as I would hope. The relationships appropriately tugged at my heart strings. And yet...
🧌 This was such a standard chosen one hero's tale. Prototypical, in fact. More a homage to fairy tales than a new and original one. At such a hulking tome from a well-loved author (who has created some of my favorite stories ever), I just expected more I guess.
🎒 Listen, I'm not my any means mad that I read this (I enjoyed it a lot and have even recommended it to a few people already), but I also don't think it added anything to my life either. This was just really and truly fine.
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcoholism
Minor: Murder and Torture
Old sick dog's decline described through most of the book. The dog