A review by errie
Apt Pupil by Stephen King

dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Reread for me - this was the first horror book I ever read as a teenager and it stuck with me for years, particularly a certain scene involving a cat. This is quite possibly one of the most disturbing and unsettling reads I’ve ever read, it left me feeling sick to my stomach nearly all the way through. I’m not much of a Stephen King fan, but this is so well written that I could not stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Rape, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Racial slurs, and Suicide