Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Apocalipsa by Stephen King

60 reviews

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

zoes_human's review against another edition

adventurous

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

5.0

I couldn't tell you how many times I've read The Stand. I read the original version as a young teen and the uncut, and far superior, version when it came out. Less scary than most of his books, it is one of his best works for character development. There are some uses of language that haven't aged well, but they were true to their time period (1978) and clearly born of ignorance rather than hostility. This read was as ever a delight, but in many ways even more so as my spouse, who doesn't like scary things and is definitely the gentler spouse, asked me to pick out a Stephen King for our out-loud book. He knows how much I love the author, and just asked that I be willing to skip any bits that were too much for him. I gladly did this, there were only a couple, and enjoyed the story of Kojak more than ever because of how much my husband loves dogs and his delighted cries of "What a good boy!" throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

jordangddrd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

judythereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Abortion

yourleisure's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual assault

spellboundbybooks's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

lumpyspaceprincess's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

shutupiamreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

yodamordecai's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction and Trafficking