Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Stand by Stephen King

3 reviews

uriah's review against another edition

2.0

I'm glad I've read this because it's been on my TBR for nigh on a decade. This was my first King, potentially my last; I was not the biggest fan of how he wrote his women characters, but I did enjoy the various character arcs.

Also theres a pun at the climax of this book that was so silly it really took me out of the experience. It was the audiobook listening format of looking into the camera like you're on the office.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Violence, Cursing, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Torture, and Suicide

Moderate: Colonisation and Racism

gagereadsstuff's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Ableism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, War, Cannibalism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Drug abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Abortion

artmajorese's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

1.0

I had to stop 62% in. I picked it as my first Stephen King novel because it's in a couple of the top 10 lists from King fans. Big "men writing women" vibes. Plus the unique "heterosexual white man writes post-apocalyptic sex lives" vibes, which are as problematic as you might think. 

He edited it to add a bunch of extra stuff in the '90s, but didn't bother to edit out the N word. Left the whole racist tone intact. 

Pacing is kind of uneven. Not my taste for a book! Instead of anything horrifying or spooky, the tension stems from the fact that you might run smack into sexual violence around any corner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content, Colonisation, Homophobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Bullying, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence