Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Shining by Stephen King

183 reviews

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

reefofchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia

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

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

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

carrie_garrie's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

suz44's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

irwinfinkle's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

getyourghosts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Homophobia and Racism