Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

75 reviews

ladyhunbun's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

I think the main character growth is Charlie

understanding that he can be two things at once, that having strong sometimes brutal thoughts and behaviors doesn’t mean he can’t also be loving and kind and gentle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, Excrement, and Body horror

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

bethr's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

 The audiobook narration is competent, but the book is so over-written that it would have been preferable to read the print version and skip or skim the dull stretches and more grotesque bits. The problem with a first-person narrator is

you’re pretty sure they’re going to survive, so there’s not much suspense

and few of the other characters were developed in much depth until near the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Death

anniefizzell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Excrement, Gore, Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Grief, Torture, and Violence

bookboxbabe's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense slow-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? No

4.5

yes it took my forever to finish this but honestly i kind of enjoyed taking my time with it. it let me sit with the conflicts and the characters much more.

the world is so rich and thought out, the characters were all lovable, and the narration (as i listened to this on audio), was one of my favorites. 

also, radar deserves the best

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

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

emmaura's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Ableism and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Body horror

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

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

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