Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Needful Things by Stephen King

14 reviews

iconiclime123's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I had to finish this one in several instalments as it takes a long time to set up.. but well worth it to see King pull all the threads together at the end and paint such a horrifying picture. A lot of triggers in this one as you may expect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Violence, Death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

pastel_princess's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Violence, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Grief, Suicide, and Cursing

Minor: Animal death

wvrambler's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Fatphobia

cyanide_latte'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don't think I can give a fully comprehensive review of this book at this time, just know that I absolutely loved and adored the story for everything that it was.
Word of caution, as I don't have the energy right now to be able to list <i>all</i> the content and trigger warnings this book contains, I do NOT recommend this as someone's first Stephen King novel. This is extremely heavy and dark, and arguably too much to start with if you want to get into his works. If you've already read a few of his other books, especially any of the others set in the town of Castle Rock, then you should be okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia