Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

11/22/63 by Stephen King

8 reviews

nenah_elizabeth's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Medical content, Physical abuse, Blood, and Self harm

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Addiction, and War

newswoman's review against another edition

from the introduction of the love interest onwards i felt a gradual decline in my enjoyment of the book as i am not a fan of how the romance is written at all. i really liked the beginning a lot but the the main character is very hard to like in my opinion, which gets worse and worse as the story progresses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Child death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Alcohol, Gore, Sexual content, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Terminal illness, Murder, Misogyny, Death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Body horror, Antisemitism, Animal death, Racial slurs, Drug use, and Cursing

yossy_cookie's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

Stephen King is most known for his horror writing and I don't tend to gravitate to that genre as this is not a horror story but more of a speculative fiction/time travel story. I really enjoyed it. I found the time travel mechanic quite confusing as reading it - it gets explained at the end, but maybe that's the point because time travel is theoretically confusing. If you like these types of themes then you may well enjoy this book. I do think it's a bit long and meandering sometimes though, and could cut 100 or even 200 pages and it wouldn't really have changed the story. The pacing (to me) felt more like it was written as an episodic story. I'd definitely consider reading more (non horror) Stephen King. 

Also check the content warnings  - there are a few.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Violence, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Gore, Classism, Cancer, Death, and Grief

bambicat234's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

It wavers between being hard to put down and hard to keep reading often enough to feel like I'm getting whiplash, and the time traveling aspect could have been fleshed out a LOT more. Not his best but not his worst.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Grief, Car accident, Medical content, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, and War

productioneer's review

adventurous hopeful 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Racial slurs, Stalking, War, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Alcoholism

ngb1980's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicide

danileah07's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, and Terminal illness

frillyflutee's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Antisemitism and Racial slurs