Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

21 reviews

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

jagrove's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

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

ziopera's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm relieved that I enjoyed this second installment much more than the first. I feel invested in Roland's journey now, and I might actually remember the events of this book when I come to read the third!

This is noticeable in a few of King's books from the '80s and earlier, but he throws racial slurs around carelessly at times, and it's something to be prepared for. He's careful to mention when a particular element of the story is a blatant and inaccurate stereotype, but that doesn't make it any less uncomfortable.

There's something quite lovely about seeing such a serious character as the Gunslinger experience life in our world for the first time. His first Pepsi, his first brain freeze, his inability to pronounce the word aspirin, all humanised him enough to make the whole story more engaging for me.

I was also much more invested in Eddie and Odetta's stories than Roland's alone, and by the third door I was completely hooked. The tension shot up and I rushed through the last 100 pages. There were some brilliant connections made and I feel set up for the rest of the series now.

And the tower is closer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

duedate8898's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

carleneb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

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