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Violence
Some
Kidnapping and violence; Blaze's traumatic past includes abuse
Language
Some
King's adult language
Sexual Content
None
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Drinking references
Emotional Intensity
Some
Dark themes of trauma, intellectual disability, and the love that drives a fundamentally gentle person to crime
What this book is about
Written as Richard Bachman, Blaze is King's crime novel about Clayton Blaisdell Jr., a gentle giant with brain damage who kidnaps a baby. The novel is a character study in failed men and misplaced love. Violence includes the kidnapping and Blaze's rough past. Adults and older teens.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Kidnapping of an infant
Child abuse in backstory
Dark crime themes
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