Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Body by Stephen King

30 reviews

_marycappiello3's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Racism, Child abuse, Car accident, and Gore

mr_d8a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

2.5

At least there wasn’t any horror, just gross scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Gore, Child death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Dementia, Alcoholism, Vomit, Bullying, and Excrement

Moderate: Alcohol

lagaialettrice's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Fatphobia, Child death, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

thomasmagee_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.25

A book I should have read when I was 17, but glad I’m reading at 27. Glad I haven’t seen the movie, and glad I got out of my hometown. An ode to the fleeting grey area when you change from a kid to a teenager. To middle school friends who never saw each other again. I got arrested the summer after freshman year with a guy that I would’ve died for that I haven’t seen since, and I’m the better for it. A good book that feels more mature that it ought to be, but without the maturity of 11 year olds, it would be nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Racial slurs

shelgold's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.25

I wish there was more, I didn’t want it to end. The Body sucked me in from the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Bullying, Racial slurs, Violence, and Child abuse

pjv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

Moderate: Racial slurs and Gore

naliyah's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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: Bullying

Minor: Racial slurs and Homophobia

charlottelilac's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs

cathrynlmiller's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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? No

5.0

Best Stephen King story I’ve read.

Favorite quote: “Love has teeth. They bite. The wounds never close. No word, no combination of words, can close those lovebirds. It’s the other way around, that’s the joke. If those wounds dry up, the words die with them.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Fatphobia

underscoresyd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Body shaming