Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Gerald's Game by Stephen King

16 reviews

birddie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Blood, Self harm, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

adutcher's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

Wow. I love King & I love horror and I love this book but god it was uncomfortable to read. I really had breathe deeply through quite a few parts of this book if not close it and walk around for a bit to manage.

I normally don't love women written by men but I'll give credit, King really did a wonderful job in this book. Jessie & the many variations of voices she hears throughout this book was so interesting and for a book with primarily one location setting it is absolutely fascinating.

I really truly love this book so much, I don't know if I'll ever be able to read it again but I LOVE it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Death, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

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

matxoni's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

potser ben mirat seria més aviat un 3,5 si he de valorar l'història en net però m'ha sorprès tant que no puc posar-li menys que això. buscava un llibre que em fes passar por i n'he passat, però el que més m'ha impressionat és el relat que fa d'aquesta por; la forma en què t'acompanya l'angoixa, la tensió i la desesperació pero també l'alleujament i la tranquil·litat final. tot això comptant que l'argument durant bona part de la novel·la es basa en el fet que la protagonista es troba lligada a un llit. aquest senyor sap el que fa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cannibalism, and Murder

ansatejones's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.25

She should have adopted the damn dog at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Mental illness, Incest, Domestic abuse, Death, Confinement, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Incest, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol and Cannibalism

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Body horror, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Misogyny, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexism, and Mental illness

lolra's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

I'm not even joking when I say this book caused me to experience a vasovagal syncope episode.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Minor: Cannibalism and Rape

kkalicky94's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Confinement, Gaslighting, Incest, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content