Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Shining by Stephen King

34 reviews

kt_52's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

Not at all like the movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Child abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Murder, and Sexism

mariahlindz's review against another edition

1.0

Stephen King's masterpiece...if he didn't feel it was necessary to use racist slurs every five seconds that in no way enriched the plot. If he can fully pull Rage out of print, he should also be willing to yank the harmful language from his books. It's would be so easy to express the violence and hatred of the hotel without using anti-black slurs. Disappointed but not surprised. 

And someone please give this man a course in how to write women. I'm so tired. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, and Homophobia

veryannie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Violence, and Cursing

evelynsbookcorner's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This book takes a while to get through, but that's nothing new if you have read Stephen King before. This is very different than the movie, and it's gruesome and terrible, but you want to keep reading it. Since it was written in the 70's there are racial slurs used by the evil in this book that could definitely be a turnoff for readers. However the good characters are truly good people and like other SK books that is what gets you: you relate to them enough to feel like it could be use in those shoes. Worth the read, but a dense, slow book so I likely won't read it a second time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, Addiction, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexism