Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Holly by Stephen King

2 reviews

mzojo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I feel like King gets easier to read as the years go on, and one thing I loved about Holly was that even though King wrote a young female character, she was sexualized or demeaned for being so. She was raw and real, that’s not what I normally see with male authors writing thrillers or horrors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Cannibalism, Body horror, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Stalking

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Murder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Violence, Chronic illness, Dementia, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Lesbophobia, Racism, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Police brutality, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Classism, Body horror, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Terminal illness, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Antisemitism, and Xenophobia