Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Cujo by Stephen King

12 reviews

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

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

ouroborian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Animal death, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

lizziemarie01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Classism, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Minor: Murder, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Drug use, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Racism, and Sexual assault

kreglow's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Animal death, Grief, Cursing, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child death, Classism, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

kgdavis88's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

Minor: Rape and Racial slurs

jacob_dion's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Animal death, Grief, Blood, Gore, and Death

Minor: Racial slurs

hue's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.0

If this would've been written entirely (or mostly at least) in Cujo's point of view, this could've been a four star book. But the unnecessary, hideously boring jarring affairs, childhood memories and what other garbage (like Steve Kemp's existence) that didn't further the plot and didn't grow on the characters made this such a drag to read. The amount of characters with no relevance and still five pages worth of character background made me want to quit the story. Typical Stephen King.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Excrement, Gore, Child death, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Body horror

moonsand79's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I have a love hate relationship with this book. Great character exploration, needs more action.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

taviarz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Bad but entertaining

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment