Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

10 reviews

drgnhrt968's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

catriona176's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Child death, Sexual assault, and Cancer

megbroache's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Torture, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence and Cancer

mallory_desa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This is not something that you'd expect from a Stephen King's book. It doesn't involve supernatural stuff or weird mind connections. Yet i found it much scarier.
Because every story is plausible, every story could be happening right now as i read about it and I hold my breath rooting for the main characters. It made me question everything, and ask if I really know the people I have around. 
Perphaps is not the best book I have ever read, but it definitely changed something inside of me. Deeply recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Torture, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

kingsteph's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Rape, Suicide, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Mass/school shootings, Animal death, Torture, Racial slurs, Child death, Abandonment, Infidelity, and Animal cruelty

avrorae's review against another edition

challenging dark 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, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Blood, Gun violence, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicidal thoughts

readyourbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book contains 4 novellas/short stories and so it's hard to rate the book as whole, so let's break it down.

1922: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Big Driver: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Fair Extension: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Good Marriage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I gave the book 5 stars overall and 3 of the 4 stories got 5s from me too. The only one I gave a 4 to was Big Driver. It was the longest of the bunch, dragged a tiny bit in the middle, and the ending was a kind of sad I don't like, true to life, but sad. 

The other three were all five stars in my opinion. This book has a LOT of difficult subject matter, so be sure to check content warnings before reading if you have any specific triggers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Minor: Forced institutionalization

daniem's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Vomit, Violence, and Sexual assault

dwellordream's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence