Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

33 reviews

tonsu's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Rape, and Hate crime

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

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia

sillysnail111's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Murder, Car accident, and Racism

gemstones1307's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, and Racism

_suvi_'s review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The haunted summer cabin is the perfect setup for a July read. I liked how the paranormal elements started building and intensifying from the very beginning, but I was left cold by the climax and didn’t really feel like it measured up to the buildup. Didn’t really like any of the characters, nor the love (lust?) story between the main character and the love interest

especially since even according to the book Maddie was barely older than a minor even though I know that King has said that his goal was to write an ethically dubious main ”hero”. 

Didn’t like the portayal of the poc in the book either. For a Stephen King novel this is one of the least likable for me, but I enjoyed the beginning enough to rate it mediocre 3/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

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

oh_its_just_liz's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I like longer slow paced books to allow for character development but this was too slow for me. I felt like the best part of the book happened in the very last couple of chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Racial slurs

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

emelieviklund's review

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Racial slurs

declancity's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Racism, Child death, Cursing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pedophilia