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Needful Things by Stephen King

23 reviews

youraveragedave's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.75

I remember reading and loving this book 30-some years ago. Still holds up for me as I make my way through the Castle Rock stories. 

Like the main antagonist, Leland Guant, King winds up the reader, building tension and sets us off. Once the characters start going at each other the story just flies along leading to an epic showdown. 

Loved how this book brought in the lore of the previous Castle Rock stories, something I didn't pick up on my earlier read.

TW: dog violence, poor Raider.

Another thing, I don't know what's up with 90's King audiobooks, but this is another with odd sound effects and music (like Insomnia), totally unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

pumaomega's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

hschlecht's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual content, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

woweewhoa's review against another edition

I picked up the book because the concept seemed interesting, however knowing how long the book is and the fact that things, only ~200pages started going off, I just decided that I'm not particularly interested in it. I do think this book does have compelling stuff going on in it, but it just belabors for too long and I'm just forcing myself through it which. Is not particularly fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Child death, Animal death, and Ableism

Minor: Racial slurs and Fire/Fire injury

smithreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Car accident, Excrement, and Sexual content

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Racism, and Mental illness

unboxedjack's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, and Pedophilia

coffeemugs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia, Animal death, Vomit, and Excrement

btrz7's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

nightmare_maven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Animal cruelty and Pedophilia

dannybrown59's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

3.75

Overall this book was pretty good. I've  enjoyed other Stephen King books a lot more though and found this one to drag a little. I still found it really interesting and can definitely see how it relates to our society. I hated the ending of this so much, it just didn't make a lot of sense to me. I think it might as I read more of his books but who knows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder