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Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder
Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Dementia, Suicide attempt
Dolores is a character that will stay with me. Certainly not my favourite King but still a very good story. No horror here, more of a psychological thriller or family drama.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Excrement, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Racial slurs, Dementia
This is one of those Stephen King novels that I’d classify with Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile. I wouldn’t say that this is “horror”, which is what King is known for. This is really more of just…a really intense story about a small town woman dealing with a very very hard situation. A situation, which, is far more common than some folks would probably like to admit.
Knowing Stephen King’s background, I do know why and understand how he, a man, is able to write about a woman like this and write such strong women characters in his books. It’s honestly one of the big reasons why I’m such a huge fan of his work, regardless as to how not well aged some of his work has become over time (let’s be honest, some language that he has some of his characters use is very VERY not politically correct or socially acceptable at all today and in some cases are just straight up racial slurs).
That being said: books like this, and many of his books, this one included, I believe are important. Mainly because they have an important story to tell. Yes, some of the language may be uncomfortable. But, as a reader who is a person of color who is also marginalized in several other ways (very intersectional with the marginalized identities here), I can recognize that the aged language is simply showing the age of when the book was written, nothing more. It’s showing what was deemed as acceptable back when it was written. Plus, one needs to remember context - context is always important.
Anyway…I very much enjoyed this novel. I listened to it via the Libby app, so, I only borrowed it from the library. But I enjoyed it so much that I may have to save up to buy it. It’s that good. And I’m very poor, so that’s saying something.
I don’t know if Stephen King will ever see my words here but on the rare off chance that he ever does: this was beautifully written. And how you write and develop your characters and make them into full and whole complete people is something to be admired.
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Antisemitism, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Dementia, Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
There are no chapters. Just one long story as told from the narrator in one sitting. This added so much to the story. It felt like I was right there in the room. The accents are shown through stylistic spelling choices which also adding to this as you read the whole book from this perspective.
This book is going to linger with me for awhile.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Dementia, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Racial slurs
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail