Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Night Shift by Stephen King

15 reviews

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Excrement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Racism

lisakate1126's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book is quintessential King with the great story telling. I love his earlier works and this didn’t disappoint. I haven’t read him in a little bit, so this was such a nice reunion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

flamesocks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexism, Stalking, and Suicide

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Car accident, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

cabeswaren's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Suicide