Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Stand by Stephen King

4 reviews

nicilaui's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

This book was an incredible journey and accompanied me for a whole month of my life. That's why I feel very close to the characters and will surely miss them. King can write fluently and interestingly, which is why I was able to get through this mountain of pages easily. This crusher should have been read during Corona, but even so, I was able to draw very creepy parallels to the past pandemic. The basic structure of the work was really great, but I couldn't get stuck inside the story. The narration is extremely biblical, but then again ‘cool’ and typically ‘American’. The story built up naturally one after the other, but a lot of tension was lost for me. I could guess the ending very early on in almost exactly the same way as it happened, which I found very sobering. All in all, I'm not mad about reading this book, I really enjoyed it, but it didn't grab me in any way like other books have done in my life. In the end, a lot happened, but in a way nothing happened at all (maybe that's the point). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Abandonment, Grief, Medical trauma, and Slavery

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

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