Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

It by Stephen King

67 reviews

carltonatasha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bagonballoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

This is my favorite book. It means the world to me, and I’ve read it more times than I can count. The audiobook in particular is a treat. It’s a masterpiece of horror for a reason. But it is also a beautiful meditation on childhood and friendship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

adiajamille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense

4.25

I read it because the movie from the 90s scared me terribly as a kid. So bad I couldn’t watch it until adulthood. Then with the new ones I started getting curious about the book. Of course there’s some stuff I could’ve done without (THAT section), but I was surprised by the fact that despite the length there wasn’t that much I would’ve cut. And it was interesting how faithful the newer movies were. 

*As for the racism and use of racial slurs. This story takes place (mostly) in the 50s and 80s in a small town that has its own special branch of the KKK. The racism was authentic and realistic. And I’m glad he didn’t try to pretend that those things wouldn’t exist in reality, but ESPECIALLY in Derry. Derry, being a place being manipulated by an alien that feeds on fear and other negative emotions. Please be fr if you don’t understand the use of language etc. 

*As for Beverly. She was a young girl being abused who grew into a woman being abused. Her story was authentic to girls/ women who experience that, before they find liberation. She did what she could based on how she had been conditioned her entire life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

lillyklymiuk's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hlittlew's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, and Alcohol

tessvosper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Dementia, Grief, and Alcohol

nikolad89's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

This book is crazy good. The way time is used as a narrarive tool is masterful and the titular villain is just amazing. The characters, oh I love them so much. It's really weird, in good ways and bad: some chapters felt like Stephen King was on acid while writing them in the best way possible, but it was very 'she breasted boobily' at times. There are few scenes that are quite heavy and disturbing though.

Mike's racial torment made me understand more why slurs can be so triggering. Also the sewer scene was so unnecessary and strange but at least it was only like four pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, and Grief

A lot of the heavy stuff can really escalate quickly in some chapters.

merandferny's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

1800jay's review against another edition

I didn't actually finish this book nowhere close. I couldn't get past the horrific themes of the story (and I'm not talking about the clown or murders) Some of the biggest themes in this book include homophobia, racism and sexual assault. As a member of the LGBT community obviously, the homophobia hit me the closest to home. I am aware of when the story was published and that the AIDs epidemic was a very real thing. But reading pages of dialogue with characters calling people "faggots" and saying "God sent AIDs to kill you" was too much for me. It's important to recognise history and learn from it and I'd probably recommend straight people read things like this to see the truth of what LGBT people have gone through and continue to go through. But when it is the history of your community and it's shown in this way it hit too close to home for me and made me uncomfortable.
I'd be really interested in hearing how other gay people found this book, especially any older readers who lived through the 80s and the AIDs crisis. I'd also be interested to hear how other victims of these types of themes found this book. Were you able to get through it and thought it was a really truthful example or did it bother you too?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and Murder

Also, I heard there is a gangbang scene with an 11-year-old and just no thanks.

httpscl0d4gh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Violence