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tupeloallie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer and Cursing
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Blood, and Police brutality
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Car accident
Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Abandonment
lisaloveslions's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
steveatwaywords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
And, true to genre, King sets a number of clocks ticking all at once to come together in a climactic scene. Our heroes fumble and stumble a bit often, but so does the villain, and the result would be almost comedic if it was not so deadly. Yes, it's a tried and true thriller.
And that's . . . all it is. King sets his sights higher in other novels, takes on bigger fish. But this is Indiana Jones 4, just another ride for characters we have come to love (in the first novel), appreciate in personal growth (in the second), and now complete the stories for (a yeoman's task here). Do I sound disappointed? Yeah, a bit. The plotline for our horror is overly convoluted and overly contrived; at times I found myself crying, "Oh, come on!"
But then I remember what I asked for: I wanted a trilogy ending, wanted to see the return of Brady, wanted to feel more of that Stephen King acid detail and character grit. And he gave it. Case closed.
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide
clems42's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, and Suicide
eadrianschmitz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
<SPOILERS>
Not only was it unbelievable that Brady's gun shot was stopped by a bunch of stuff in Freddie's breast pocket but you're telling me she could fit all that stuff in her breast pocket?! That's one hell of a pocket capacity!
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
emlibe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death
theimposter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder
lydiavsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
That said, I have to acknowledge the problematic elements, mainly King's n-word count of 9 in this book alone. Its obvious enough that the mass murder is not a nice guy, without needing to include slurs, it's just unnecessary and uncomfortable.
Also please never write the word 'amazeballs' in a paragraph of prose ever again.
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Gun violence, Incest, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail