Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Insomnia by Stephen King

5 reviews

fdr69's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Ableism, Murder, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, and Animal death

lavendercayde's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Physical abuse, Cancer, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, and Sexism

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Dementia, Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

elisweets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book took me on a damn roller coaster ride, that’s for sure, but I loved every minute of it. I loved the little details that connected this book to IT and added more depth to one of my favorite Stephen King stories. There’s a whole other world… many of them in fact… but they're especially active in Derry, Maine.
This is one of Mr. King’s stories that I think has a perfect ending and it had me bawling my eyes out at almost midnight. The one thing I will say is

Bill, my favorite character, deserved better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Physical abuse, Abortion, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

smithreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Vomit