Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

6 reviews

eternity21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Excrement, and Cursing

bookishchaos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The first half of the book had me intrigued then it started to become mundane and repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Cursing

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This is the story of a 9 year old girl who becomes lost in the woods near the Appalachian trail. It isn't a horror novel. I found it to be more similar to survival stories in which character ls need to use their wits and available resources to survive. 

Things I Liked:

• I like that the MC was smart and made generally good decisions.
• I liked the atmosphere and building tension. The forest itself almost felt like an antagonist.
• I like that it ended when it did and wasn't super drawn out.

Things I didn't like:

• I feel like not pursuing horror was a missed opportunity. There were a few things that happened that were unsettling but they didn't amount to much.
• I didn't really care for the baseball aspect. I know it's right in the name but listening to the MC listening to a baseball game on her walkman wasn't super exciting for me.
• I wish more happened. I don't think the climax had the payoff I wanted from this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Pedophilia

There's some dead animals throughout the book. It's not traumatic in the way that it would be if the family dog was killed because they're wild animals in nature. There's some diarrhea and vomiting after the MC drinks water from a stream. Those scenes don't exist to gross you out - you mostly just feel bad for the MC.

gromithorror's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal death, Cursing, Stalking, Gore, Addiction, Excrement, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Rape

aspenaxel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My favorite Steven king novel by far, capturing horror and loss of mind despite no actual supernatural being. I loved every minute of this book, and while at first I despised the ending, I came to realize it had a sort of importance to it. I love it and reread it often, captivated by the words and slow deterioration of a main characters sanity. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

smithreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism