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Needful Things by Stephen King

15 reviews

btrz7's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

nightmare_maven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Animal cruelty and Pedophilia

rioburton's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

cyanide_latte's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I don't think I can give a fully comprehensive review of this book at this time, just know that I absolutely loved and adored the story for everything that it was.
Word of caution, as I don't have the energy right now to be able to list <i>all</i> the content and trigger warnings this book contains, I do NOT recommend this as someone's first Stephen King novel. This is extremely heavy and dark, and arguably too much to start with if you want to get into his works. If you've already read a few of his other books, especially any of the others set in the town of Castle Rock, then you should be okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia

rosylesbian's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

*stephen king monologue voice* Life in the country is like life in a cockroach’s asshole: the dust may keep you awake, but mostly it’s the dark that kills you. The same year the dodgers won the super bowl was the year that Dave “Bigdick” Selfinsert’s wife breasted boobily out of Maine town to Missouri, to fuck a new fella just as quick as [most racist simile you’ve ever heard]. But our story doesn’t begin with Dave Bigdick, nosiree it doesn’t. It begins with a chemical spill off the coast of Georgia and a teenage boy who im going to overtly sexualise. And the way these things unfold would make a coyote cry. Ayuh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Racial slurs