Reviews tagging 'Racism'

It by Stephen King

247 reviews

callmeash's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

If you’ve never read a Stephen King book, this is the one to read. King does an incredible job of immersing you in a scene and bringing you into his world. A tale that jumps between what is real and what IT wants you to believe. At the core, it shows you what real friends will do for you when faced with despicable horrors and what it means to keep a promise. The only reason I’m not giving this book 5 stars is because it was so freaking long. Maybe chunks of the story was just absolutely not needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Gore

poorlyassembled's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Murder, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Hate crime

megan_201200's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

1.75

Really slow book, very hard to pay attention to so took months to finish reading. Definitely could have missed out some of the chapters, didn't really add to the plot at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Bullying, Homophobia, Gore, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

aminami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Homophobia

bobiii's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

lanna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

I enjoyed everything except the end. The part where all the boys have sex with Bev I really did NOT like and did NOT need to read. Nor did I enjoy the part where Patrick jerks Henry off. These sexual acts involving 11 and 12 year olds were unnecessary. The suspense was good, as was the world building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Grief, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

craighead_the_wolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Death, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Cursing, Bullying, and Body shaming

sirlivingston's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

King uses his horror sci-fi genre to write a beautiful coming of age story about a group of kids who learn to overcome real life monsters, and the monsters in their minds, through friendship and love. The world can be good - even when you're facing an evil monster in the sewers.

"He thinks that it is good to be a child, but it is also good to be a grown up and able to consider the mystery of childhood... its beliefs and desires." "Childhood has its own sweet secrets and confirms mortality, and that mortality defines all courage and love. To think that what was looked forward, must also look back. That each life makes its own imitation of immortality, a wheel." - It by Stephen King 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content, Bullying, Racial slurs, Suicide, Cursing, Fatphobia, Murder, Racism, Child abuse, and Child death

haileyeh's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

1.0

Once again, the movies are better…if only because you don’t have to put up with King’s egregious sex scenes and over the top racism. Seriously, someone needs to investigate this man.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Child death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Animal death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Drug use, Infertility, Death of parent, Infidelity, Cancer, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Alcohol

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body shaming, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Animal cruelty, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Violence, Bullying, and Child death