dblue236 's review for:

You Like It Darker by Stephen King

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I always hate trying to assign a star rating to a collection of short stories, because if I based my rating upon my favorite story in this book, Rattlesnakes, it would easily be five stars. If I based it on some of the others, it might be more like 2 or 3. Generally speaking, though, this is a solid collection of the dark, the macabre, and occasionally the just plain weird. I don't think it topped If It Bleeds as my favorite King anthology, but it was definitely worth taking the time to read the book cover to cover even when a few of the stories weren't quite as memorable as the others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy