Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Carrie by Stephen King

71 reviews

ventellina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

cronasbookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

miachimochi's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Self harm, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death

lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Gore, and Bullying

celevstial's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence

josie24601's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Antisemitism

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Car accident

glace's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book has a habit of telling you what is going to happen in the end in piecemeal chunks. It never felt spoiled to me. This only fed a feeling of dreadful anticipation. In some cases, I knew whatever hope I had was false. It is an evocative story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

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

ahaines18's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content