Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

33 reviews

nobrainer's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Child death, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, and Drug abuse

gethin_burke's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Violence, Racism, and Sexual content

ee_comins's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Slavery

mlizzi88's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape

littlered22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

Very slow start but the ending picks up and I'm pretty excited for the next one based off the ending of this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, and Violence

mckerwan's review against another edition

Stephen King should not be allowed within 100 miles of any people of color, oh my god.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

briguy992's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Addiction, Cursing, Gore, and Homophobia

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Racism

bunnyvonblades's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is hard to get through because of some of the topics but it is absolutely worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

raginsagein's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.25

So I will start by saying that this book is better than its predecessor. During the Eddie arc I was really cheering for King, thinking that maybe this one wouldn’t be racist or sexist. And then we meet Detta/Odetta/Susannah. And Detta is the worst kind of stereotype. And he mentions TWICE that she sounds like a stereotype. And my question is why have her talk like that in the first place when you simply…don’t have to. But all in all, I like the mysticism. I like where this series is headed. I think it’s a really cool and fun premise. I just…wish it was less racist for the sake of being racist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Gun violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Addiction

axeltheredpanda's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

By far one of the best books I’ve ever read. The characters are incredible, the pacing is perfect, and the situations the characters are put through are extremely impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Addiction

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Drug abuse

Minor: Classism, Excrement, Blood, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, and Medical content

The hard r N word is used very liberally at times and a character is a racist caricature (though this is commented on within the book and she’s that way due to certain events)