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'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

5 reviews

augustinedreams's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It was a good book, but lasted way too long. Also once again Stephen King brings things into the story he doesn't have to (ie sexual assault & domestic abuse). This is a book about vampires not abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Torture, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

kaimetcalfe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Child death, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Sexism

Moderate: Excrement, Cancer, War, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Pedophilia, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

mad_hatter's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Stephen King has a way of crafting stories that makes you feel like you're a fly on the shirt of every named character. I simultaneously feel enveloped by the action and distanced. Like I'm a fly, not one of those humans, though I guess this is probably good in a horror/thriller. Thus far, this style isn't working for me, but Salem's Lot has lovely prose and pacing. Things were slightly predictable? But this may be due to its parallels with other vampire literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Child abuse

milorogers's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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: Body shaming, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

loverofbooks123's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

First of all, I'm not a big fan of horror. I just happened to stumble across this book and honestly I don't know if I enjoyed it or disliked it. I just knew that I had to reach the ending. Out of all the characters, Mark was the most impressive. For a boy of twelve, his bravery is unbeatable. The whole setting of the town, the way in which we get an insight of almost every resident's life was good.
Now onto the negative parts...
The ending gave a non-satisfactory closure - at least to me.

1. I know you would want to leave a town full of vampires as soon as possible but when you are the main character of the book, you don't leave the town and come back after months when the strange events increase and decide to burn it down. The reason these occurred in the first place is because you left the town in that state. So, holding you as the culprit won't be entirely wrong.
2. Next - how didn't Jimmy become a vampire? As far as I know he was bitten by one and I don't think cleaning the wound with antiseptic will prevent the transformation. Moreover, he admitted he had a feeling to kill Ben. How does that not count as a vampire tendency?
3. Okay, even if Jimmy didn't become a vampire, what about Father Callahan? Barlow made him drink his blood! He boarded a bus to New York! Isn't that supposed to be a new threat? I was bummed when the fate of the priest was not clarified. Is he a vampire or not?

Overall, it was an okay read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment