Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Docteur Sleep by Stephen King

3 reviews

lecheeese's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Chronic illness, and Addiction

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Body shaming, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

travisppe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

King relies on some well worn tropes (and they don’t always land) but he knows how to tell a compelling story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Gore, Cancer, Car accident, and Death

ufojules's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

okay so overall I liked it better than The Shining but it definitely didn’t have the same level of suspense. I’ve read cheesy, high fae fantasy with better twists and climactic point tbh.

in Doctor Sleep’s defence, I absolutely loved Abra and the other hero characters were all pretty likeable while the antagonists were disgusting and I wanted them gone. so characters were great but the plot just wasn’t really there for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Cursing, Gun violence, and Chronic illness

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia