Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Institute by Stephen King

10 reviews

fanboyriot'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

♡ Small Town

♡ Toxic Institute 

♡ The Kid Saves the Day

While I don’t care for a lot of Stephen Kings books, I think I might have finally found the exception.  This book was really good.  The details in this book weren’t overwhelmingly unnecessary but rather well written into the plot, the backstory and setting.  While there were a few parts I didn’t care for like the mentions of a thermometer, dude, they are children why was that necessary to write like that and then joke about later one in the book? It was just an ick about the book. 

There were more things I enjoyed about this book than things I disliked.  The plot was amazing and all of the characters were very well detailed.  It was such an entertaining read, it kept my interest the entire time.

Spice Level: n/a

Angst Level: 💧💧💧💧 (4/5)

POV: Multiple, Third Person

Release Date: 01, September 2020

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Drug use, Suicide, Trafficking, Vomit, Classism, Fatphobia, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Self harm, War, and Dementia

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Excrement, Racial slurs, Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Police brutality, Car accident, Sexism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Slavery

hilarylouise's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Child death, Medical trauma, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

zoebill96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Drug abuse, Genocide, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Racial slurs, Trafficking, and Vomit

ellagewerwhite's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Child abuse, Murder, Child death, Drug use, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs

selenatothemax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Addiction

mandaraffe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Stalking, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Misogyny, War, Racial slurs, Sexism, Islamophobia, and Police brutality

sarahrogers01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Torture, and Slavery

melplays9000's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was my first ever Steven King and after all the hype it did not disappoint. The narrative was so well crafted and original with any and all plot twists making such perfect sense while also being surprising. I’m not sure what genre you would put with book into, a thriller? magical realism? it doesn’t really feel like any of those to me. From reading this book you can clearly tell King is an experienced author and I understand why his books have such high regard. 

I did feel however that I didn’t feel particularly attached to any of the characters. This meant the ending didn’t have much of an impact on me which I am sad about because I can imagine how many tears I would have shed if I had cared enough :(. 

Overall this book was very well crafted and it makes me understand all the hype surrounding Steven King as an author. I am definitely excited to read more from him. 4 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

praetor's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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: Child abuse, Child death, and Slavery

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit