Reviews tagging 'Death'

Cujo by Stephen King

29 reviews

skysbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, and Infidelity

greenrequiem's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Child death, Domestic abuse, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Strong warning if you are an animal lover

the dog dies, and we see the story from the dog's perspective at times as he get sicker

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Violence, and Rape

hk848's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Excrement, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

This took me sooo long to read. The first half just dragged so much, I didn't want to pick it up and I struggled through. But the second half did really pick up especially towards the end. If it wasn't for the incredibly slow start I would've thought the last 150 pages to be brilliant, but that intial drag really brought it down for me, it just didn't seem necessary. The characters weren't particularly memorable, they didn't stand out to me. I liked the action at the end, I liked the tension, I felt we finally knew the characters, but unfortunately I was already too fed up with the book to really enjoy it when it finally got going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

jfield351's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I wish they all died sooner

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

carissa230's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Going into this book I expected a horror book about a dog that murders people. Imagine my surprise when it turns out to be a dog with rabies. The parts written from Cujo's POV were so sad, I wasn't prepared for that as an animal lover. 

Tad is a little boy that is scared of his closet. His mom has been having an affair and his father is a marketing exec for a company that just had a major issue come up on one of the projects. When he goes out of town to work on it he has just learned of the affair. The mothers car keeps breaking down and she needs to get it fixed. 

Another story line is that of Cujo's owner, Brett. Brett is a little boy that loves Cujo. Cujo was a gift from his alcoholic father. When his mother wins the lotto she gives the father some money to get what he wants so she and Brett can go out of town. Brett's father is a mechanic. 

The scene is set. When Tad's mom shows up to get her car fixed she has no idea that there is anything wrong with Cujo. When the car breaks down and they're stuck in the car for days it's the perfect storm for them. 

It was a good book, but I wouldn't consider it a horror. I think maybe a thriller or even contemporary novel. It was definitely more sad than scary. The book also concentrates more on the peoples lives than on the fact that the dog is killing people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Child death, and Alcohol

pastel_princess's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

jinni's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Grief, Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship