Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

6 reviews

orimega's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

I laughed, I cried, and I learned a few things

Highly recommend if you are a fan of King, memoirs, or an aspiring writing

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Addiction, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Drug use

The audio version contains extras that are worth a listen.

salutemviv's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

i love stephen king’s writing style. he’s funny, to the point while still being entertaining. this  gave me a cup of courage to start seriously on my own writing with a little bit of confidence.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Racial slurs

plainpaige's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

"Outdated" is the nicest thing I'll say about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

bookishlittleme's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

All I can say is that I'm so glad he wrote this book. The section of the book focused on his life was extremely interesting and the actually lessons on writing were extremely insightful. There are so many memorable and meaningful quotes that are going to stick with me in my writing endeavours. A must read for anyone looking to get into or better their writing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Addiction

Moderate: Medical content and Racial slurs

vigil's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

while i wasn’t the most invested in the memoir aspect of this book (it wasn’t bad in the slightest, i’m just a girl on a mission and i want the writing advice more than anything) i don’t think there was a part of this book i thought was unnecessary. i didn’t agree with all of his advice, but i think all of it has value and is worth contemplating  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Addiction, Car accident, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

ranocchietto's review

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book was extremely informative and inspiring. It gave me the feeling I can write a novel, something I've always thought to be out of my league, and a general inspiration to go back to writing.
I'd recommend it to all aspiring writers, I didn't agree with all the points but it's a clear and concise in its directions, which leaves them open to reinterpretation.
The memoir sections were entertaining and moving, only the graphic descriptions of his injuries after the accident proved a bit too much for me.
I will very likely read it again when I feel like I need encouragement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Vomit, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Car accident, Cancer, Bullying, Blood, Alcoholism, and Alcohol