Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Shining by Stephen King

15 reviews

therowdypi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Confinement, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

finn_vibing's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gaslighting

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.5

For me it was really, the blatant racism and use of the n word, the misogyny, the toxic masculinity, it was just yucky. Also the story was kind of meh and it wasn’t even scary.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Racial slurs

kylajaynebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Racism, and Drug use

Minor: Grief

kristenm's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use and Misogyny