Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Stand by Stephen King

80 reviews

lyfeinpr0gress's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Ableism, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Bullying

katie_helf96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, War, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Slavery, Gore, Child death, Rape, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, and Grief

minttruffle's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

tiffcutshall's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

By far my favorite King novel. This is the second time I’ve read this, the first being back ‘08. It was even better the second time and I caught things I either missed or glossed over the first. 

I love the way King weaves multiple themes and ideals together that make not just an interesting story but one that makes the reader actually think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Cursing, Dysphoria, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, and Racial slurs

By far my favorite King novel. This is the second time I’ve read this, the first being back ‘08. It was even better the second time and I caught things I either missed or glossed over the first. I love the way King weaves multiple themes and ideals together that make not just an interesting story but one that makes the reader actually think.

archimboldo_7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense slow-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

4.75

O carte despre lupta dintre bine și rău și reconstruirea unei societăți într-o lume unde toată speranța pare pierdută. Recomand cu încredere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Mental illness

rosereadsalot's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Abortion, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Gun violence, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Addiction, Ableism, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Gore

kessejeen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, War, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Ableism, and Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child death, Body horror, and Fatphobia

scip's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide, Vomit, Cursing, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Ableism, Grief, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Animal death

Minor: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

tacitusreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Dark, introspective, diverse and extremely well written, this massive novel may be seem to be daunting, but whatever the case, you’ll almost certainly finish faster than you think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Body horror, Addiction, Cursing, Violence, and Drug use

sarutobu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

Es ist beeindruckend, wie King es schafft, ein Buch über 1700 Seiten interessant zu halten. 
Der Plot und die Charaktere sind sehr gut ausgeschrieben, man kann sich sehr gut in die Charaktere hineinversetzen und aufgrund der Menge dieser, ist es auch möglich sich mit einigen zu identifizieren. 

Der Anfang des Romans befasst sich mit dem Ausbruch der Seuche und den Konsequenzen, die dadurch für die unterschiedlichen Charaktere entstehen. Dieser Teil ist sehr gut geschrieben und man vergisst, wie viele Seiten man liest. Dabei werden viele verschiedenen Ethnien, Bildungshintergründe etc. von den Charakteren abgedeckt (z.B. der taubstumme Nick, der nur über Zettel mit den anderen kommunizieren kann.) Zudem wird in diesem Teil der Konflikt zwischen Gut und Böse (dargestellt durch Randall Flagg und Mutter Abigail) langsam vorgestellt. Dieser Konflikt zieht sich durch das ganze Buch. 
Anschließend werden die Geschehnisse in den zwei entstandenn Lagern beschrieben, bevor es zur Auflösung der Geschichte kommt. Leider ist diese Auflösung etwas kurz geraten, aber nichtsdestotrotz spannend und teils schockierend. Am Ende folgt noch eine Art Epilog, der einen Ausblick auf die Entwicklung der Welt nach dem Roman geben soll. Auch diese ist gut gelungen. 
King schreckt nicht davor zurück Charaktere, die vorher eine große Rolle eingenommen haben, umkommen zu lassen und auch sonst lassen sich die Geschehnisse im Verlauf des Buches nicht vorhersagen. 
Die Auswirkung, die eine solche Pandemie auf die Gesellschaft und das Land hat, sind sehr gut recherchiert und regen zum Nachdenken an. 

Alles in allem ist das Buch uneingeschränkt zu empfehlen. 
Neben der gut gelungenen Szenerie sind es vor allem die ausführlich beschrieben Charaktere und deren Gedankengänge, die das Buch lesenswert machen. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Blood, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, War, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy