Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Gerald's Game by Stephen King

86 reviews

agathareadsie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

Trigger Warning - Childhood SA and Domestic Abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ajg2289's review against another edition

dark sad 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

This was my first Stephen King novel and will be my last. He uses the word “cunt” in a really obnoxious way and he seems to be darkly fascinated by children and sexuality and exploiting them in that way. Making up horrific stories and scenarios and describing them in the most dense, pointless way. DO NOT RECOMMEND. 
The twist at the end was laughable and had nothing to do with the story prior the last 40 pages. Terrible.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

daisywilkes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

fjordpingvin's review

dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Excrement, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

taliahalleck_'s review against another edition

icky! gross! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

elisabethkatee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

“Get down, Disco Gerald!”

i feel like this is one king could have probably kept in the drawers, idk the writing and ‘plot’ to me just seemed very offhand (mind the pun💀) and i very much got the feeling nothing was planned out too deeply, just all a bit here and there ya know. as much as i was enraptured reading it, i wouldn’t say it was something i majorly enjoyed, if that’s even the right word to use for a book like this hahaha! i love king and his work and i think he has a godlike talent for writing but i just wouldn’t use this particular work of his as an example for that…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Alcohol

danimacuk's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bradycherish's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Sexual assault

Minor: Misogyny and Rape

tomaxhull's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

Truly don't know what to say about this one except it was the most nauseous a book has ever made me feel so well done Steve. Devoured it in 3 days. Horrible content yet some beautiful moments of writing and gutwrenching honesty about the nastiest parts of humanity. Not only does it refuse to tastefully fade to black, the novel itself argues against the fade to black; the necessity to look at the thing head on instead. The ending twist was silly though, an editor needed to fight to cut that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail