Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Stand by Stephen King

69 reviews

kell's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror and Racial slurs

Minor: Medical trauma and Racism

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

kryan1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use, Child death, and Child abuse

cinnamonpizza8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

1/12/2021: This book was good, I'm still letting it sink in so I haven't decided if it has eclipsed It as my favorite Stephen King novel. King gives incredible world-building, manages many complex characters, and layers a multi-level, intertwined journey-focused novel that blew my mind at parts and seemed unnecessarily uncomfortable at other parts. It is the perfect book to be reading right now if you would like to be unsettled about the state of the world and ponder how good versus evil influences the structure of society. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicide

ufoparty's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Ableism, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, War, Body shaming, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

Use of antiblack slurs especially near the beginning. Descriptions of dead bodies and varying states of decay all throughout. Major themes of Christianity but it's of the folksy Americana flavor rather than institutional. A character overdoses on drugs, quite possibly on purpose. As is what seems to be a common trope in King's stories, a fat character is described as unhygienic, petty to the point of childishness, and obsessed with sex, then later becomes a major antagonist out of jealousy. Oddly repetitive, almost dehumanizing descriptions of the eyes of the only Asian character, who is Chinese. A character uses a gun to

forcibly penetrate another man against his will.

sophiet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

michael_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

5.0

The Stand was the second Steven King novel that I have read. I am now a constant reader. When I finished just about thirty minutes ago, I was speechless. So far, the best book I have read in 2020. I first came across the stand just a few weeks ago in a half price books near Indianapolis. Here is my pitch: The Stand is a post-apocalyptic story that meets urban fantasy, with a sprinkle of horror (not much though). However, reading book one in the Indianapolis airport during the Covid-19 pandemic scared the shit out of me. Reading The Stand in 2020 is a surreal experience. Parts of this story seemed to hit close to home (flue like a pandemic, government’s mishandling of said pandemic, mistrust of the media, troops in the streets of American cities).  Parts of this book are super dated, particular when it comes to depictions of diversity, there are disapplied character (though the r slur is used a bit), Black characters (though you could argue that Mother Abigail falls into the magical negro trope), and East Texas struggle to understand a bisexual woman. This novel was extremely progressive for the 1970’s I mean this is Steven King just read one of his tweets. The characters stick with especially Nick, Stu, Larry, Frannie, Harold, Tom, and Flagg. The religious themes also captivated my imagination, this may vary because of one’s personal experiences. All I can say is read this book like right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

alylentz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, and Violence