Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

37 reviews

mrsmishler's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

Moderate: Body horror

clichemarker's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

"Queer, not queer, that didn't seem to matter now that they were all busy dying."

Wow
I really enjoyed this book.
It starts a little rocky, (One of the first things our mc does is talk about his mom's breasts), but it picks up. 
You know going into it that most of these characters are going to die, but it's hard not to care about them. All their stories and personalities were really well thought out.
And it's funny and witty. And the gore isn't so extreme that it turns you away. It's so well done

"Our father, which art in tinfoil,
hallow'd be thy name."

Rest in Piss Barkovich

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Racial slurs, and Blood

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

hankerchiefghost's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

2.0

The concept is really interesting, but I wish there had more of a focus on why the boys were in the Walk. It felt a bit lazy for most of the boys to just be like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Gore

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Vomit

artificialducc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Suicide, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Racial slurs, Body horror, and Police brutality

Minor: Incest

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

toniw315's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gun violence, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Vomit

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

kristalall's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.75

I loved this book, but I really with it had an epilogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Excrement, Homophobia, Violence, Torture, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

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