Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Cujo by Stephen King

58 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Although it could have used a thorough editor, the theme of pain and trauma being experienced in isolation is still prevalent and Cujo the St. Bernard deserved a better end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Alcoholism, Violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Gore, Cursing, Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Abandonment, Excrement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Ableism, and Rape

Be aware that there are subjects of heat stroke, starvation/dehydration, vandalism, animal violence, rabies, marital dysfunction, and childhood fears addressed.

laneychaney's review against another edition

emotional sad tense

3.5

So slow in the beginning, this could have been 150 pages shorter, but enjoyed the second half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Alcohol

kerryamber's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

"he had always tried to be a good dog" "he had never wanted to kill anybody"

I came very close to dnfing this not even 30 pages in because the cujo povs are catastrophically sad but I stuck with it and I'm glad I saw it out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Child death

Minor: Racial slurs and Rape

maratagon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Child death, Confinement, and Animal death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Infidelity

claresbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

4.75 out of 5.

This book made me genuinely sad at the end.

Like, I'm actually upset right now. 

Stephen King has some explaining to do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child death

alanaschulte's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Blood, and Sexual assault

kismetgrove's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

First Stephen king book I managed to finish. So many spelling mistakes it was shocking. The last 30% is pretty good but a lot of it was boring as anything

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Confinement, Animal death, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

voicenextdoor's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Sexism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Rape

poorlyassembled's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

It's fine, really good at times, REALLY boring at others.

The pace is slow. And not in a slowly building dread kind of way, but a spinning its wheels kind of way. 

The characters are really good for the most part and have a lot of depth to them. But they don't really have character arcs to speak of. 

The rube goldberg machine that led to them being trapped in the car is well thought out. 
But almost nothing happens for about half the book. So even though it's very gripping towards the end, it still wastes way too much of your time for my taste. 

And the ending is just pointlessly cruel to me. In a way that just isn't satisfying or interesting. 

I can see others liking it, but it's just kind of ok in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Animal death, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Violence

smittenforfiction's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Re-read April 2024: The first half was a 3-star book, then things started to all come together and I can see the breadcrumbs King had laid. I highly recommend the audiobook narrated by Lorna Raver. What an actress. This book made me angry, tense, and sad. I want to be Donna when I grow up. What a resilient, determined, fearless woman. I'll share a longer review soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gore