Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Carrie by Stephen King

47 reviews

elioolive's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cursing

aviery's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

roadesntoades's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

This writing layout is strange and dense, and I can't decide whether I like it.

I’m always upset when I think about Carrie. Her experience on this planet was so fucked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Child death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Car accident, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape, Alcohol, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Racial slurs

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Rape

maybeiamnotchurchyenough's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Body shaming, Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Car accident

kitk0405's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Confinement

seawarrior's review against another edition

Maybe I'll try to finish this some other time... but I truly hated reading it. King has a talent for describing the mundane viscerally to impart a sense of disgust and discomfort, but weaponized it to such an extent that I quickly lost interest in finishing the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, and Blood

A teenage girl's nudity is described in detail.

amysanti27's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

For The Spooky Halloween Season And After Finishing My Reading Challenge I Thought I Would Finally Venture Into The World Of Stephen King. This Book Was Interesting It Was Almost Like Watching A Netflix Documentary But Reading It. There Are Some Outdated Terms As A Warning And Outdated Views That I Do Not Support But Overall It Was A Great Short Read And Very Similar To The Movies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, and War