Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Green Mile by Stephen King

11 reviews

sweetlilly93's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Look, is it a perfect book? Of course not, it's written by Stephen King. 
Did the story suck me in until the very last word and had me staring at a wall for two days (in a good way)? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, and Racism

Moderate: Torture, Excrement, and Car accident

robynrenais's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

The book is a bit slow, but certainly interesting enough to keep reading. If you’re not into inflicted pain or historic torture methods, I don’t recommend this. The characters will keep you invested and either loving or hating them. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Child death, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, and Rape

exeidur's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I am so glad I finally read this, but I don't think I ever want to again. I saw the movie fifteen years ago, which made for an interesting experience where I half-remembered some of the plot points, but was still waiting to see how the story developed. The tension in here is crazy, the mixing of past and future really adds to the story, and while it took a while to get into it, you can't really put the book down after the halfway mark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Racial slurs, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Blood, Cancer, Excrement, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Drug use, Grief, Sexual assault, and Torture

schohayes's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

I loved this book so much. SO much. It’s giving Just Mercy. It made me laugh, cry, feel nauseated, and reflect. It was horrifying and lovely and enthralling and sad all at the same time. I guess I get the Stephen King hype now!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Child death, and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia

a_augustine12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The Green Mile was a fantastic book. However, because it’s not typically the kind of story I read, I struggled through it. The movie is practically spot on, and I will continue to watch the movie again and again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Car accident, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Body horror, Cancer, Grief, Rape, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Torture, Hate crime, and Death

gudrqa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

jordan_uhden's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

5 stars isn't enough. Despite seeing this movie dozens of times, this book was extremely captivating and emotional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Murder, Child death, Racism, Rape, Violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Sexual content, Police brutality, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death, Racial slurs, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

littlelili1320's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

I went into this knowing very little & I was not prepared for cajun prison Ratatouille or to have any feeling of joy completely obliterated. I struggle to review some of King's books because they're overall fantastic but there's issues such as race & misogyny that aren't handled as well as they could have been. However, are they handled as well as an old white man who grew up in a state with like one black person could handle them? Probably. In his books I've read with black characters in them it's evident that he carries some white guilt & tries to be antiracist, but due to his background he tends to rely on tropes. He also wants to make things "realistic" when it comes to small town life & how awful people can be, but that can lead to slurs & the like which may be unpleasant or triggering.  I have to knock off half a star when his books are like this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Alcohol, Child death, Car accident, Terminal illness, and Sexual violence

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, and Torture

mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Police brutality, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Blood, Grief, Rape, and Gun violence