Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

36 reviews

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Addiction, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Minor: Child death, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

ee_comins's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Slavery

littlered22's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Very slow start but the ending picks up and I'm pretty excited for the next one based off the ending of this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, and Violence

briguy992's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Addiction, Cursing, Gore, and Homophobia

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Racism

victoriakerr131's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

Frank Muller did an incredible job narrating this audiobook! I didn't know what to expect going into this book; I didn't really enjoy the first book in the series, it was slow and not a lot happened - mostly world building. This one however was much more engaging and will make me continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Cursing

Minor: Murder, Hate crime, and Death

oozyschmoozy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Ableism, and Gun violence

raginsagein's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.25

So I will start by saying that this book is better than its predecessor. During the Eddie arc I was really cheering for King, thinking that maybe this one wouldn’t be racist or sexist. And then we meet Detta/Odetta/Susannah. And Detta is the worst kind of stereotype. And he mentions TWICE that she sounds like a stereotype. And my question is why have her talk like that in the first place when you simply…don’t have to. But all in all, I like the mysticism. I like where this series is headed. I think it’s a really cool and fun premise. I just…wish it was less racist for the sake of being racist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Gun violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Addiction

axeltheredpanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

By far one of the best books I’ve ever read. The characters are incredible, the pacing is perfect, and the situations the characters are put through are extremely impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Addiction

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Drug abuse

Minor: Classism, Excrement, Blood, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, and Medical content

The hard r N word is used very liberally at times and a character is a racist caricature (though this is commented on within the book and she’s that way due to certain events)

lvl52_grant's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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 one feels much more ... natural? modern? Than the first. The first book of the series feels odd, but this book just moves a bit better for some reason. It's when we meet two more of the party of heroes on the quest for the Dark Tower, and two of my favorite characters. It's also when we learn of the interconnectedness of our world and that of Roland, particularly with New York City. 
It's also the reason lobsters kind of scare me now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Racism, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

dovahkiin_freyja's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Mental illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Cursing, Death, and Child death