Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

92 reviews

lianathereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

Moderate: Incest and Stalking

Minor: Chronic illness and Death of parent

carlytenille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dybeck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

intothenitemare's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

keekersd's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

Not my fave King book, I found the pacing a little funky, some of it developed way too slowly and then some of it was way fast. There also was a storyline on incest that just was ick, but I get that’s part of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, and Suicide

the_introvert_knitter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

bokslukaren's review against another edition

dark tense

3.0

A different sort of story than the usual King , and a bit too many clichés for my taste, but unsettling nonetheless. Also in typical King fashion, a slightly underwhelming ending, though the build-up and tension were absolutely fantastic. The typical straight male gaze as well as the racism and stereotypes was unnecessary and didn't add to the plot or world-building. Finally, is this the same Holly Gibney as in “The Outsider”, and if so: HOW is that possible?  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

roadrats's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

On my journey to read all Holly Gibney books before diving into Holly. This was excellent. Usually I'm not a huge fan of the way King ends his books, but I thought this one was very effective and I'm looking forward to the rest of the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

octagon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia

thedadsie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Far from my favorite King book. It felt undercooked. Maybe Roland Deschain would have recognized Det. Hodges as a fellow Gunslinger, but I didn't find Hodges to be much a compelling character. "Retired cop investigates one of the only cases he didn't close" has been done to death, and despite his charbroiled personality, Hodges never felt as meaty as many of King's other protagonists. I also didn't really like how two women got fridged. Jerome is a bit of a stereotype ("model minority") and Holly is the most interesting character in the book but she doesn't make any real imprint on the plot until like halfway through.

Way too many racial slurs for a book published in the 2010s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs