Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Gerald's Game by Stephen King

50 reviews

lay_kone's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Vomit, Blood, Gore, Self harm, Excrement, and Rape

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cannibalism

kelseyholler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

Did I like it? No. Was it the most horrifying and brutal book I've ever read? Yes. Rating it highly because it was well written and terrified me, so all in all a good horror book. With that being said, I'll never read it again and you can bet I'll never ever recommend it to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Gore, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, and Incest

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism, Mental illness, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

gethin_burke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

poorlyassembled's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Incest, Sexual assault, and Rape

claireltravers's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

madamegeneva's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I always enjoy SK books on the whole, however I hate the way King’s misogyny seems to slips out when it comes to his female characters. For example, the what’s a woman?” “a life support system for a cunt” bit. I know it’s a deliberate choice for the writing style/context, but this aggressively misogynistic shit gets exhausting to me after a while. It was still a thrilling read though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Incest, and Sexual assault

axylbird's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Animal cruelty

thesapphire's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Sexual content

novellearts's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I made the mistake of forgetting that StoryGraph has content warnings before starting this book. Had I known that this book dealt with pedophilia and incestual rape, I wouldn't have chosen this. Took away from my enjoyment of the book and ultimately just wasn't my cup of tea as that's not something I care to read about. Had it not included these things, my rating would've been different.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

stronkmira's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

5.0

This book is incredible. The way that King describes trauma, flashbacks and dissociation from the characters POV is insane. This book had me gasping, it had me gagging, it had me at the edge of my SEAT. Real good stuff 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Self harm, and Sexual assault