Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

89 reviews

__thalia__'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Murder

sophactuallyreads's review against another edition

Reading this felt like more of a chore, like a, “oh it’s Stephen King, you have to read it” sort of deal- maybe I’ll pick it up in a year or so or sometime when I have the ability to actually sit down and have the patience for it

I literally had gotten to the rising action too and it didn’t hold my interest

What sucks is I love the stories King comes up with, but sitting through the writing is just way too tough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

ogik's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

billiesgotbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

raisinbread's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 it was … okay. I was really sucked in at the beginning but I thought the ending was going to be CRAZY and when it wasn’t really I was disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol

thebookgremlin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I didn't think this book would give me nightmares.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Medical trauma

sennaje's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

emma_234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Will forever be my favorite, however be aware of the trigger warnings before reading. My personal Stephen King favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, and Murder

unstablementallykas's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Medical content

miss_granger's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-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? No

5.0

      This was the first book that I have ever read from Stephen King, and may I just say that I am lost for words. King has an utterly incredible writing style; he is so descriptive that it took me a while to finish the novel. The story itself is amazing as well. I believe that that scariest part of Pet Semetary was not Church, but Zelda (She is especially creepy in the movies.). I will most definitely recommend this novel if you are into the horror genre, and I cannot wait to read more from the legend that is Stephen King.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, and Murder