Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

17 reviews

melissahawco's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

kingsteph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

kessejeen's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

newsteadlibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia

shrektien's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I’ll be honest, this book holds a ton of misogyny/unsettling thoughts from men about women shed in a positive light or a “that’s just how we are” light and it was hard to read sometimes. Huge fan of King but this one I could’ve skipped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

alisonnicholslol's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Highly recommend! Very likable characters, made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

chig_flicks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content