Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

It by Stephen King

108 reviews

gethin_burke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

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

danibee123's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Gore, Child death, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Homophobia, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Animal death

Minor: Antisemitism

sommarborne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Cursing, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Incest, Infidelity, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Homophobia, Drug use, and Rape

esskaysquared's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

This is my first Stephen King book since I read Pet Sematary in middle school and was just way too scared by it. Having seen both the TV miniseries and the more recent movies, I was able to really focus on the storytelling rather than the scares. 

That said, I don't think I've ever read a longer book and finishing it left me exhausted! At a certain point reading felt like a chore, although some sections were really thrilling and moved quickly.

I would have given a higher rating (4 or 4.25), but I wasn't really prepared for all the racial slurs and racist stereotypes/impressions/jokes, and it really majorly detracted from my enjoyment in reading the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Antisemitism, Fatphobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Ableism, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Racial slurs, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

shannolse's review against another edition

It started focusing more on the adults and I feel like I lost interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Ableism, Bullying, Antisemitism, and Child death

luvxxly'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was absolutely phenomenal.  The only reason it’s not getting a full 5 stars is because of the sheer amount of slurs throughout. There were moments reading when I just couldn’t get past them and I’d say that sort of harmed my reading experience just a bit. But overall, it was a wonderful read and I absolutely loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

tayloralexis9's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Hate crime, Bullying, Blood, and Antisemitism

shire_girl99's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty

There are a lot of uncomfortable descriptions of children's bodies. While they aren't written to be sexual, they are weird and unnecessary.