Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Cujo by Stephen King

59 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

helen_daly's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Animal death

harryjandrews_99's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Loved Cujo a lot, very horrifying and sad but still very entertaining. A couple things could’ve been tied up a little better but it didn’t matter so much to me it made sense and was very enjoyable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Animal death

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