Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Carrie by Stephen King

80 reviews

madsw14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Sexual violence, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Confinement and Suicide attempt

littlemissgemreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

lydiavsbooks'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

4.0

Reread: upgraded from a 3 to 4 star on reread.

Really enjoyed it, very tragic following the extreme abuse Carrie experiences. Great look at abuse, bullying, shame, religion etc. Also just really love the like extended King universe and seeing characters that shine pop up in a bunch of his books.

As much as I enjoyed it, I understand the issue some people have with it. Reading a middle aged man writing a girls first period is kinda weird theres no denying it. Also not sure describing the tits of every female character mentioned was necessary. And definitely didn't love the use of slurs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

glitteringeyes418's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Animal death and Violence

sg124's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Racism, Car accident, and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage

deena_wade's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

This was the first book I read by Stephen King and it’s his first published novel. Unbeknownst to me, he doesn’t only write horror books. Carrie is not a scary book, and it kept me interested to find out what ultimately happened when she discovered what she really was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

bri00's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Besides Stephen King’s description of teenager girls breasts this is a very good book. If you’ve seen the movie the plot is basically the same but the characters are far deeper and more compelling in the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting

frogcake_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape, Ableism, and Antisemitism

slimshaedy92's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, and Animal death

kaylee1957's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence