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caitlin1066's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse and Death
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
miagw962'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? It's complicated
4.5
There is no life here but the slow death of days, and so when the evil falls on the town, its coming seems almost preordained, sweet and morphic. It is almost as though the town knows the evil was coming and the shape it would take.
My third Stephen King book and one of his popular ones - had no idea what to expect getting into this one only to find out it was VAMPIRES which is great because I read Dracula and loved it (I need to get more into vampire stories I think). This was really great; a little long and strenuous but the characters King creates feel so real and their fears become my own. The sense of atmosphere built up around the town itself was so interesting and not something you come across a lot in fiction about monsters. It was really set up to be a haunted house story but ended up being about vampires which was cool. I love how the three Stephen King books I've read utilise the monsters as metaphors, usually for a loss of innocence or childhood trauma. It's super thought-provoking but I will not get into it now because I need to be in the right headspace. But yeah, this was fun!
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Body horror
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Death of parent, and Child abuse
jaedia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
That all said, I did enjoy reading it. The writing was enjoyable, the story compelling, and the dread creeping. A nice dark vampire horror story of a town's slow, sleepy, bloodcurdling death.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Classism, Transphobia, Suicide, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Homophobia, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
georgiaaa'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
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Infidelity, and Sexual violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
mojavetent's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Cursing
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
catsy2022's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This edition of the book includes: two supplementary stories and deleted passages from the book.
One about a duo drinking in a bar when a man stumbles in during a snow storm. His wife and daughter are still in their car and they've crashed into a snow bank.
The second is about the history of Jerusalem's Lot and the familial Boone connection.
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
seanajk'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
2.5
Minor: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Bullying, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Cursing