Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Stand by Stephen King

7 reviews

dflemmons's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Death, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Gore, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

gagereadsstuff's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Ableism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, War, Cannibalism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Drug abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Abortion

josiew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, Pregnancy, Body horror, Suicide, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Animal death, and Trafficking

lucyford's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Such a fun read even though it took me about 9 months to finish it. I really enjoyed every chapter and all the character dynamics as well as the whole downfall of society as glen explained it. Such great writing by Stephen King, I was very impressed and there was never a boring moment in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Sexism, Racial slurs, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Racism, and Alcohol

voicenextdoor's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Ableism

Minor: Rape, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Drug use, and Misogyny

yodamordecai's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

One of my top three Stephen King books. It did drag a bit(over 1000 pages) but I overall enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Death, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction and Trafficking

dont_stop_meow's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

How has Stephen King not been cancelled? I don't agree with cancel culture, but in today's culture, how has  Stephen King not been called out for the sheer number of blatant n words he uses? I'm baffled that nobody has cried out for this book to be removed from shelves, not just for the use of racial slurs, but also of homophobic terminologies. 
This will be the last Stephen King book I'm tempted to read. He's gross and I'm done with him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence