Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

37 reviews

eliz_m_rhodes's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Racism, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

meraru's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I love playing battle royales so i found the main plot appealing, the random sexualization of characters, most of them minors made it kinda hard to enjoy at times though. and the ending was... um...

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

King sure is comfortable sexualizing his minor characters.

ponsopilled's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.5

there are three things teenage boys find scary: death, religion, and bisexuality
written by a struggling transmasc

i see a lot of people saying the book is way too long, i digress. it is way too short for what its trying to achieve. too many plotholes, like why do they want to die so bad? why does abraham keep cringing at the mentions of god? but i guess none of that matters bc garraty and mcvries stole the show. i reread the book because i heard there was a movie in the works (they say that every year, hopefully this time its legit and hopefully they wont all be white boys amen)

to be honest, when i read this the first time as a teenage boy, i thought “wow so cute!” oh boy was i wrong. somehow maturing made this book way way way way more sad and full of agony. i cant stop crying at baker’s death, why did he have to die? fuck ray garraty, save my boy art baker

also shoutout to the sorta minor, sorta main characters! if nobody got me i know scramm, abraham, and parker got me!

“No!” Garraty screamed again. “Me! Me! Shoot me!” But instead, they gave him his third warning. McVries opened his eyes and smiled again. The next instant, he was gone.”
my genuine reaction: stephen king you will cough in three days

pros:
- characters r kinda cool
- abraham’s essay

cons:
- gary barkovitch

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Racial slurs

it is about teenage boys struggling through life and death, if that doesnt tell you enough about what to expect, i dont know what more to say

ginbat's review against another edition

dark tense

3.0

Easy to read but I wasn't super into the ending, and a lot of things were repetitive. Super slow then all too fast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Body horror, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Gore, Excrement, Blood, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Bullying

teenagers walk until they die

vinett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Vomit, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

dani16_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Vomit

melist6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Homophobia

pjsans's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Police brutality

Minor: Racism, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

voicenextdoor's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

cosmikhorror's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Body shaming, Infidelity, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, Animal death, and Death of parent