Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Carrie by Stephen King

103 reviews

emnime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

hue's review against another edition

dark

1.0

As usual, King has a good idea which gets slaughtered by the disgusting way he writes of women, girls, and sex. The more of his works I read, the more disappointed I am. 

The jumping around from POV to POV to newspapers and writings of other characters telling the story was done in such a bizarre way. Like his previous books, this also included (despite being only 242 pages) descriptions of and interviews with people that really did not matter. The entire part three could've been left in the drawer as a draft and nothing more.

So all in all, not a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

scip's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, and Police brutality

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

lillowo's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.75

This novel has one plot and aside from Sue Snell, I found the characters fairly one sided. We watch an utterly traumatized child breakdown. 

In some ways, it feels terrifyingly akin to school shooters today with the mass of damage caused, but I also think that analogy is one noted and flat. Same with the ways in which our bad characters were portrayed. They felt one note and flat, doing exactly what you'd expect bad characters to do. Use too many slurs, cause physical violence, and think about sex. 

I get why people enjoy this book and the plot. It's a unique telling of the event and the story is interesting despite the one notedness. If you want a simple horror story to lose yourself to, it's an ok choice! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Antisemitism

charlottelikestoread's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs

cgm42's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual violence and Antisemitism

anthony_b1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, and Blood

leanneymu's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Incredibly compelling story - I read it in two days! King does a good job of getting in the minds of teenage girls, and the horror is palpable. I could do without the outdated 1970s attitudes though, which does really jar with modern sensibilities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.0

Maybe Stephen King just isn't for me. This my 2nd book from him and at least Misery picked up. This book was just awful to me. I didn't like the way it was written. The characters were pretty dense. I don't think the storyline was well told. It just seemed pretty surface level. And just not what I expected it to be. And the subtle racism and fat phobic (maybe it was written like that because of the time period) I found unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, and Religious bigotry