Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Stand by Stephen King

44 reviews

sneakyhobbit's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Ableism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Torture

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

michelles_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

⚠️ TW: racism, ableism, sexism, suicide, drug use, death, violence, murder, rape, cannibalism, graphic content ⚠️ Wow this is one hell of read and I was obsessed with it, when I was reading I couldn't put it down and when I did I couldn't stop thinking about it. It is one of those that is so hard to review without spoilers. This book is about a pandemic caused by a virus called the superflu that wipes out the majority of the population and how the survivors live in a post-apocalyptic America. However, not everything is as it seems and as always there is good and evil in the world fighting side by side to rein supreme but with new societies of both popping up they will not only need to rebuild their societies and lives but will need to take on biblical feats fuelled by ominous dreams whilst fighting for what they believe in. This book is incredible. It is a rollercoaster that plumbs the hopes and fears of the world with unnerving accuracy into every chapter (possibly even more so post-c*vid) and makes you really think about moral and ethical matters. This is one huge chonky boy of a book but I definitely recommend giving it a read. The book follows multiple povs and a lot of characters from all across America and it can be slightly overwhelming at times to keep track of them but it really is worth your full undivided attention because King works his magic and weaves an incredibly compelling and page turning story. And just like when I read 11.22.63 I would be quite happy if this book had another few hundred pages (yes, even though this is the long version), especially at the end iykyk 👀 Overall, I highly recommend reading this book and it is definitely one of my favourites so far this year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Ableism, Suicide, Murder, Rape, Drug use, Death, Violence, Sexism, and Cannibalism

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

I actually enjoyed part of what I read, but things are starting to get too weird. Also, I like the descriptions, but I can't stand the dialogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

lineyrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, Vomit, Suicide, Grief, and Gun violence

ripxw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

shutupiamreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Ableism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Body horror

briartherose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism

kell's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror and Racial slurs

Minor: Medical trauma and Racism

dont_stop_meow's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

How has Stephen King not been cancelled? I don't agree with cancel culture, but in today's culture, how has  Stephen King not been called out for the sheer number of blatant n words he uses? I'm baffled that nobody has cried out for this book to be removed from shelves, not just for the use of racial slurs, but also of homophobic terminologies. 
This will be the last Stephen King book I'm tempted to read. He's gross and I'm done with him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence