Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Shining by Stephen King

105 reviews

curlykristenk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

It was a bit slow moving at first but every chapter left me intrigued at the same time. It was really interesting the way King describes Jack’s perspective in his

decent into madness and convincing himself what he was doing was right

and Danny’s perspective being a 5 year old (although at times it definitely didn’t read like a 5 year old). Also has a bit of casual racism (it’s an older book but still a bit jarring) apart from that I really liked it! It made me very creeped out, had my heart racing and I think it was written really well! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Racism

daralexandria's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

coffeekitty37's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Racism, Self harm, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Racial slurs

shiftycow1313's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Racism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Car accident

xvivyx's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing

caseylovett's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Gore

ee_comins's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body horror, Violence, Murder, and Addiction

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Car accident, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Alcohol, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

fainekoi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Child abuse, and Racial slurs