Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

11/22/63 by Stephen King

72 reviews

ks_words's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Insightful on life in the 1950’s-60’s, fascinating story following everything from time travel, politics and love. However, keeping in mind the main reason Jake goes back to save Kennedy is because of all Kennedy could have done for the civil rights movement, I feel those points weren’t hit up enough. There still felt like a glorification of a still heavily segregated world, and focused more on Jake’s daily journey through time instead of focusing on the severity of the task at hand. By the end of the book I am left wondering if Kennedy not being assassinated would have helped our country or not, as there are more political players who make decisions beyond the President that could have easily plunged our world into the darker timeline Jake witnessed after saving Jack (granted the argument is there that all of the bad things happened because Jake had change too much)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder

markgruber's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide, War

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism

sofiam19's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: No

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Adding “jimla!” To my regular vocabulary 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Grief

d_ae's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racial slurs

Minor: Homophobia

jennalistens's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

tmking02's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail

weenydrake's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: No

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King did an excellent job of bringing the past to life (for me, someone born in the late 90s), and his prose is very digestible. I’m a bit of a contrarian, and therefore not much of a King fan, so I was turned off a bit by the length of this book, the many detours from the main plot, and the romance that seems to be the intended heart of this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Medical content

nikimorr's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Antisemitism

rpc_88's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Violence

subtlewalrus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous fast-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Antisemitism, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Stalking

Minor: Cancer