Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Insomnia by Stephen King

4 reviews

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

f_amiliar_happine_ss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What a fun read :)

While I can't compare this novel to Stephen King's other works, I enjoyed it just the same. My first King book and now it's one of my faves.
Set in the nineties, we follow Ralph Roberts after his late wife passes away and he begins to experience complications while falling asleep. His condition deteriorates greatly, causing hallucinations beyond comprehension. Eventually, his hallucinations begin to align with current political events. Others soon experience insomnia induced hallucinations as well, luckily that's to Ralph's advantage.
I don't think I can explain any more of the plot without giving spoilers, though the book ended swiftly and concisely.  
Character-wise, I appreciated our MC's with their quick thinking. Ralph and his love interest, Lois, made quite the pair. Side characters were just as unique, significant to the plot and MC's development.
Five stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Gore, and Abortion

Minor: Animal death and Car accident

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