Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Waste Lands by Stephen King

23 reviews

laurenmarietta's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.0

Not sure how King pulled off writing a fantasy series where the underlying premise isn't explained in earnest until the third book??? But it's nice to finally start understanding the 'why' of the series in this installment. Pretty hard to swallow King's relegation of the only female character to the margins except in scenes depicting sexual violence, though, and the overdone New York and southern accents in the audiobook really expose just how ridiculous this crew of characters King has assembled is. Regardless, still an entertaining story to while away the hours. *shrug*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Racial slurs

gethin_burke'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

beytwice's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Gore

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Rape

Moderate: War, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse

sonia_reading's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

nerdireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Blood

mayastone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Torture, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs

maclunkeyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

This book is so incredibly well written and enjoyable. It had me feeling tense whenever I had it open, and itching to pick it back up the second I put it down.

The world King created in this series is so uniquely weird, and endlessly dark, but he brings little moments of light and reminders of the characters' humanity to balance it out (Oy is definitely a highlight of this book for me).

Can't wait to pick up Part IV and continue the adventure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Genocide, Death, Cursing, Child death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Rape, Child abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Pregnancy

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Body horror, and Ableism

vaguelymodern's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Racism, and Sexual violence