Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

21 reviews

nightstitch96's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

westernsunshine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

latham9's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Mass/school shootings

melodyseestrees's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

 If there is one thing Mr. King excels at it is writing absolutely unlikable characters. Even characters that should be likeable largely have aspects that can make the reader dislike them. In some chapters this worked well and framed the event how each character saw them clearly. In other chapters the reader became enmeshed in a slog of diatribe that was a true chore to get through, even in the audiobook format. 
If you are fond of Mr. King's other works and characters you will probably like this. If you are coming in expecting a typical thriller you will not enjoy this as much. For me, despite my casual familiarity with several of King's works I found it difficult to get up to the 40% mark in the book. To the story's credit the pace does pickup upon the changing of a key character or two somewhere around the 50% mark.

The pace picks up after the death of Janey.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Racial slurs, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Fatphobia, Sexism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

There is an adult/minor relationship between Brady and his mother. He claims to have been a victim of a different adult/minor relationship during his psychological torture of Olivia.

isabellaoliveira's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Racism

maddieloves_books1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

giuliana_ferrari's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Would give more stars if SK didn't have this awful habit of dropping the N-bomb, writing women in a very weird manner, and overall being clearly an older, white man with little sense of what reality for POC and women are like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Alcoholism

literarilythrilling's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, and Fatphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

imre_karakal's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

ripxreads's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide attempt

I very rarely post spoilers even if it’s a TW, but there was a scene in here that is making me break that rule: there is couple pages in the book that involve killing a child that has a developmental disability. It is very graphic and leading up to the death it’s rife with ableist abuse