Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Needful Things by Stephen King

9 reviews

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

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

patrickspen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gore, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Car accident, Death, and Domestic abuse

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

hschlecht's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual content, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Drug use, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

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

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

dannybrown59's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.75

Overall this book was pretty good. I've  enjoyed other Stephen King books a lot more though and found this one to drag a little. I still found it really interesting and can definitely see how it relates to our society. I hated the ending of this so much, it just didn't make a lot of sense to me. I think it might as I read more of his books but who knows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

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