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asourceoffiction's review against another edition
- 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
When things start to ramp up from about half way through, you can totally see the point of the slow burn until then. You've got to know all the characters just well enough to predict and dread the impending carnage.
When things do start to escalate (and it happens fast!), you can tell that making the reader informed and the victims ignorant is completely intentional; I wanted to yell at the book every time someone said "come on in" to a knock at the door, or brandished a useless gun. It made it quite fun through the tension.
I flew through the second half after savouring the first. This is definitely a classic with a proper traditional horror feel.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Animal death
Moderate: Car accident and Rape
caro_mac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Child death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Addiction and Alcohol
emilypolcyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child death, Car accident, Death, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape and Sexual violence
cass_lit's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Violence, Child abuse, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Transphobia and Pedophilia
draven_deathcrush's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death, Child death, and Child abuse
Moderate: Rape and Animal death
Minor: Sexual content
literatureleaf's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual violence, Cursing, Homophobia, and Infidelity
Minor: Bullying, Medical content, Car accident, Addiction, Racial slurs, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent
bestrong_myfriend's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Drug abuse
ripxw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death
Minor: Rape
spot_fan_69's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Blood
maddypat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
One thing to be wary of is this book also is no exception to King's sometimes weird descriptions of what women (and sometimes also girls) look like or behave like. Just weird sexual descriptions that are just uncomfortable. I understand sometimes it's the characters themselves thinking these things (Dud regarding Ruthie is the major example here) but even still it always sticks out as weird to me.
In spite of that, though, this book was thoroughly enjoyable to read!
Graphic: Blood and Child abuse
Moderate: Child death, Animal death, and Violence
Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Alcoholism