Needful Things

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Does the dog die?
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Yes, and it's brutal and include description of sound effects that I can still imagine even a couple decades after reading.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there jump scares?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Is there addiction?
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Animal
Are there spiders?
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Are there bugs?
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Near the end of the book there is a spider that grows and attacks someone
AuntyLiz
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Are there snakes?
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Does a pet die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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A pet bird is gruesomely shot.
funnyvalentine
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is someone tortured?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Someone’s head gets caved in “beyond recognition “ so that could be triggering for head squashing.
AuntyLiz
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A character imagines his son burning to death after a car accident because his seat buckle was found still buckled.

A baby and the woman watching him are burned alive.
Starrystar
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Seizures are mentioned a few times. The wife of one of the main characters is said to have had a seizure that led to a car crash.
Starrystar
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Is someone buried alive?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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C16
CP is found in a school official's desk and spread around the office. CP is mentioned in other places, also.
Starrystar
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Does a kid die?
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Super traumatic: 12 (?) year old boy kills himself with a rifle while his little brother watches.
MeggieSue
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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Are there clowns?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Mass vomiting after gas poisoning has been described in detail.
Moorland
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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One of the main characters returns to town because her father is dying from cancer.
Starrystar
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
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A 12-year-old boy kills himself with a shotgun as his brother watches
funnyvalentine
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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Violence
Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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