Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

It by Stephen King

108 reviews

dizzzybrook's review against another edition

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I love this story and have thoroughly enjoyed the film adaptations but, I just cannot get past King’s writing style and overall tone. 

I’m still planning to try The Shining later this year, so hopefully I will get along with that one better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism

glasir's review

3.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

kira20's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Antisemitism

nilescrane's review against another edition

3.25

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I really only listened to this because I'm rather fond of the narrator, but y'know what. Besides the inexplicably jarring fatphobia and some v gross gross gross disturbing scenes (like unnecessary disturbing scenes), I listened to this 45 hour audiobook in a week. And I think I didn't mind it. And oh my god SO much better than The Stand. Sorry to the Stand Stans, but this one was better 🤷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault

I don't think I can list all of the content warnings

littlebitjb1902's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Like watching two seasons of a netflix limited series. Best coming of age novel I've picked up but gave me dreams for the weeks. Unforgettable

(just so happened to unknowingly finish on 6/10/25, 40 yrs after the last scene in the book, 6/10/1985 😏)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Buckle up

chefjeng's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Let's be honest. This is a total masterpiece work. The story is brilliant and despite it having massively bloated pointless sections it's compelling and keeps you listening/reading no matter what. I first read the book aged about 15 thirty years ago and I've just completed this re-listen via audible and im just as traumatized as the first time. I would give the full five stars were it not for the extreme racist, homophobic, mysogynistic and fatphobic language used, which I know is outdated and King no longer writes like that but it can't be overlooked and it deserves point deductions for the completely unnecessary and disgusting sex scene between the losers club in the sewer at their first battle with IT alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

thannnh's review

3.0

adventurous challenging dark funny sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I wanted to read what is widely celebrated as King’s best work. I found out that I mostly disagree. It’s so long and so slow. It’s one of the few books that is served well being adapted for tv or film just because there are so many opportunities to trim the fat. The constant switching of timelines felt unnecessary and exhausting. The random injections of sex were sporadic and weird. The turtle felt like an acid trip. Some parts of the book were truly beautiful and horrifying, but much of it felt like a slog. This book may have parted me from the herd of many King fans who obsess over this book and despise the Holly Gibney books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia

chsm8's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Antisemitism

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol

mhcope3's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia

masonreed's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I loved 'Salem's Lot. Pet Sematary is maybe my favorite book of all time. This book made me question why I liked either of those. It's bad. Racist, sexist, and pedophilic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail