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End of Watch by Stephen King

12 reviews

kp1231's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

eadrianschmitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall it was a well-written story and a decent conclusion to the trilogy. It was unexpectedly a little sci-fi which I didn't buy. The weakest of the 3 books. Felt odd that the 1st and 3rd focus on Brady but the 2nd was mostly different people. Like oh, we're going back to this guy? OK. 


<SPOILERS>
Not only was it unbelievable that Brady's gun shot was stopped by a bunch of stuff in Freddie's breast pocket but you're telling me she could fit all that stuff in her breast pocket?! That's one hell of a pocket capacity! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Grief, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Body horror, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Stalking, Cancer, Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Genocide, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

toadyzgotsoul's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-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: Suicide

Minor: Racism and Homophobia

taralynn1107's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

This was my favorite of the series. It felt more like what I’ve come to expect from Stephen King than the first two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

blondieabrams's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

nightstitch96's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Racism, Suicide, Homophobia, Violence, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Grief and Sexual violence

theimposter's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

corikane's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Cancer

Moderate: Blood, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Mental illness and Racism

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Self harm

trash_reader_'s review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I knew this would be my least favorite book in the trilogy as soon as I read the synopsis.

Telekinesis? This is everyday life. I figured Brady would be coming back in the third book since Hodges was obsessed with him in the second book, and Stephen King doesn't normally do things for no reason, but come on.

The best part about this trilogy was the possibility of something like this actually happening, and the telekinesis ruined that for me.

The repetition of what happened in the first book was also annoying. We were told an unnecessary amount of times how it was actually Holly who put Brady in the hospital. We know. Even if we didn't read the series back to back to back, we knew what happened after the first time it was mentioned. No need to repeat it every single time someone brings up the almost-disaster at the concert. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Racism