Reviews tagging 'Rape'

'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

91 reviews

bookish_bry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

4.5

I had a lot of fun with this book. King, as always, is great at making your skin crawl. I think I enjoyed it more since I've read Dracula already. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Animal death, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

alex60517's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Car accident, Infidelity, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Child death, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Misogyny, Cursing, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

nepentheiii's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Great writing, love the characters, a genuinely scary book. Bit too long and some of the nasty bits felt unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Gore, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, and Rape

moxiereads's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Car accident, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

billie_visible's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Rape, and Racial slurs

sammybee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

Boring but enjoyable towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Rape

sappypatheticm's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Suicide, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Bullying

liblibby's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

I never want to read Stephen King ever again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Murder

bensonblues's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

This is single-handedly one of the vest Vampire novels ever written. It's everything you want Dracula to *actually* be. 

And it's very clear Midnight Mass wouldn't exist without it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape and Homophobia

While graphic, nothing ever feels out of place, equally it never feels like it's KING saying it, it's all the character. It's brilliantly written.

klsreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? No

4.0

This is an impressive meditation on everyday evil and the plight of small town America (couched in the classic spooky story). The writing is excellent, and I could really feel the characters and setting. It was somewhat creepy, sometimes gross, and very tense. I knocked 1 star because the first 50% of the book is setting and character exposé. I really wanted something to happen, but when it finally moved, it kicked off. Also, there was only 1 main female character, and she almost exclusively talked about men. Most women characters were defined by men / mothering / their sexuality. It's not surprising for the time, but it's still disappointing. I had fun regardless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Rape, Addiction, Gore, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Violence, Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Murder, Blood, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Car accident