Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

111 reviews

chiara_dose's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

weinerman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

h_venus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Cultural appropriation

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death

stars_and_ink's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

ktripp's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

4.0

What an interesting and oddly beautiful reflection on grief via a horror/gore story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Car accident

sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

Not really scary, it's more sad, with its scary elements being more interesting and eerie than horror. I don't think that was a bad thing with this book though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Medical content

whiteblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

leigh13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Medical content

sexualedward's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol and War