Reviews - The Running Man | The StoryGraph

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The Running Man

David Hájek, Stephen King, Richard Bachman

3.7 AVERAGE

foxicorns's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

sumbooksaregood's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thrainbow's review against another edition

4.0

dark inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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abhreads's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

madame_geneva's review against another edition

2.0

(Please note that the book contains racial, LGBTQ+, and ableist slurs.)

I’d rate it higher, but I’m still in disbelief at how racist some of the dialogue was, as well as the character descriptions. This was released in 1982 but it read sometimes like it was from 1942.

Pretty off-putting, to be honest. And I say that as a Stephen king fan.