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Needful Things by Stephen King

11 reviews

catriona176's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This one’s particularly bleak 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Alcoholism, Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

ssdgm91's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.0

This was my first Stephen King book and it did not make me a fan. His thoughts seem disorganized like he just dumped out all his thoughts and published it without editing. It’s jammed packed with triggering content of pretty much every kind for seemingly no reason other than shock value. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, Child death, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Drug use

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Child death, Death, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Murder, Animal cruelty, Gore, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Alcoholism, Racism, and Car accident

seeker42's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Death, Violence, Chronic illness, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

jordan_uhden's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Torture, Child death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

raidingkvatch's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

woweewhoa's review against another edition

I picked up the book because the concept seemed interesting, however knowing how long the book is and the fact that things, only ~200pages started going off, I just decided that I'm not particularly interested in it. I do think this book does have compelling stuff going on in it, but it just belabors for too long and I'm just forcing myself through it which. Is not particularly fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Child death, Animal death, and Ableism

Minor: Racial slurs and Fire/Fire injury

smithreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Car accident, Excrement, and Sexual content

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Racism, and Mental illness

coffeemugs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia, Animal death, Vomit, and Excrement

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