Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

65 reviews

voodoomary'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Torture

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, and Domestic abuse

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.0

An interesting sequel to a timeless horror work, although it was kind of crude at times. Was NOT thrilled that a book written in 2013 had a character called by a racial slur. But the theme of healing from cycles of abuse and trauma was surprisingly well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, and Car accident

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars. The more King I read, the more I appreciate his writing. I really loved this one, more so than I did the Shining (sorryyy) athough it has made me think about rereading the Shining at some point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

larareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

foxreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

maddireads13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

shinysarah28's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Violence

ufojules's review

slow-paced

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

3.0

okay so overall I liked it better than The Shining but it definitely didn’t have the same level of suspense. I’ve read cheesy, high fae fantasy with better twists and climactic point tbh.

in Doctor Sleep’s defence, I absolutely loved Abra and the other hero characters were all pretty likeable while the antagonists were disgusting and I wanted them gone. so characters were great but the plot just wasn’t really there for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Gun violence, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs