Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

5 reviews

parker_peril's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

I read this book at least once a year and refer to it often. One of my absolute favorites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, and Death

saoreads's review against another edition

The reason I couldn't finish the book "The Long Walk" by Stephen King is that I got bored halfway through. I found myself trying to convince myself numerous times to continue, but ultimately, I had to admit that it wasn't my cup of tea. The constant scenarios in the story seemed useless and didn't capture my attention. Additionally, I felt that the pacing of the narrative wasn't to my liking, making it challenging to maintain my interest in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Bullying, Excrement, and Sexual harassment

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This book had a looming dread over it from the beginning, which really helped shape the atmosphere. With some many characters in the book I had though it would be a little muddled. But many of the characters get flushed out and are memorable. The whole premise of the novel is simple yet destructive, it really packed a punch with a little mix up of a few genres, Dystopian, Physical Horror, Thriller. I really enjoyed this book, I just wish it was a tad shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Animal death, and Excrement

lunaloewenherz's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? Yes

2.0

I skipped a 100 pages cause I was getting tired of all the sexist comments in the book. But I did wanted to know how it ends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Vomit