Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Shining by Stephen King

321 reviews

mattyvreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

An undeniably well-written piece of art. I was consistently enthralled, terrified, disturbed. I could not put it down. And it legitimately gave me nightmares, which has never happened to me before because of a book.

It is so different from the movie. I love them both.

There is a lot of racism, homophobia, ableism, and reference to sexual assault. I understand that some of it is contextual, given the time period

(the present day actions of the book and the hotel's metaphysical echoes of past eras)

and

Jack's undoing (possession)

, but Mr. King is really trigger happy with the N word. It's pretty wild. Also, in one of Jack's internal monologues -

before he goes mad

- King sort of implies that a "homosexual experience" can turn someone into a pedophile... and there is no dissenting argument there.... So... I didn't love that. BUT the book is pretty damn flawless besides that. I would absolutely read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape

samanthajetaime's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, and Racism

und3adcupcak3's review

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse

lmorris1717's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I love reading Stephen King but every time he writes for women or black people it just… doesn’t work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

riflelizards's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

jdhauk's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

pinkelefant_78's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

angyr's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

sophiadorothyy's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed this as someone who’s seen the film many times. The book has a lot more details and is more engaging than the movie. Could definitely do without all the unnecessary racism though, it took me out of the story sometimes. I was surprised how different the plot is from the film! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Murder