Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Stand by Stephen King

63 reviews

snowypineapples's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a very good book, the story and plot and journey were incredible, thought provoking and interesting. However the conclusion to the plot is rather silly:

the literal hand of God appears in the sky

 
The silliness really ruined that part of the boom for me and although I loved the majority, there was lots of areas, not just that, where the boom felt like a chore to read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

flamesocks's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

zoes_human's review against another edition

adventurous

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

5.0

I couldn't tell you how many times I've read The Stand. I read the original version as a young teen and the uncut, and far superior, version when it came out. Less scary than most of his books, it is one of his best works for character development. There are some uses of language that haven't aged well, but they were true to their time period (1978) and clearly born of ignorance rather than hostility. This read was as ever a delight, but in many ways even more so as my spouse, who doesn't like scary things and is definitely the gentler spouse, asked me to pick out a Stephen King for our out-loud book. He knows how much I love the author, and just asked that I be willing to skip any bits that were too much for him. I gladly did this, there were only a couple, and enjoyed the story of Kojak more than ever because of how much my husband loves dogs and his delighted cries of "What a good boy!" throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

jordangddrd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

judythereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Abortion

yourleisure's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual assault

spellboundbybooks's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury