Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

36 reviews

vererito's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Blood, Death, Classism, Mental illness, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Violence

beezlebabb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Really loved the ending, though that might not be a common opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Vomit

velvetcelestial's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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: Death, Child death, and Violence

danimacuk's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Homophobia, Vomit, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Excrement, Infidelity, Racism, Bullying, and Pregnancy

jayneejohnson's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gore

Moderate: Vomit

threepigeons's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

shannonredwine8's review against another edition

Too brutal & gory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racial slurs, Violence, Child death, Police brutality, Murder, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, and Hate crime

vadip's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Cursing, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Excrement

taviarz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I have a love/hate relationship with Stephen King books. He can make walking entertaining but he also writes the same types of characters in every book I’ve read of his.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Blood, Murder, Child death, and Vomit

Moderate: Racial slurs

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