Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Thinner by Stephen King

9 reviews

honeycow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Cursing

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Body horror, Gun violence, and Death

seeker42's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Car accident, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Animal cruelty, and Infidelity

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Body horror

em_chata's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Suicide, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Violence, and Suicide

elezy's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Violence and Body shaming

Minor: Cancer

perth_is's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

So this wasn’t the greatest Stephen King book I’ve read, however there are really good elements to this book. I’d love to see more books that follow this idea because it is very incredible. Anyways, I wrote this instead of sleeping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Car accident, Violence, Murder, Death, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Racism, Alcohol, Drug use, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse

virgoblin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Cancer, Hate crime, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Racial slurs

i hated this book!! this is going to be my last stephen king read, that man cannot keep himself from writing the N word in his books. also contains frequent usage of a slur against Romani people and depicts them as evil. lots of fatphobia inherent in this book and concept (which i knew going in)

joyfayrweather's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Racism, and Violence

judereadsalot's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.0

My spouse is a huge Stephen King fan. They picked this as one of their read-alouds to our teenager. I wasn't a huge fan and I think the premise is why: A man gets cursed by someone the book refers to as a "gypsy." I find the use of "gypsy" or "gypsies" offensive: the term is a slur and the Roma people have been trying to shed some negative stereotypes pretty much forever. So the whole premise of the book was frustrating to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence