Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Apt Pupil by Stephen King

30 reviews

sappypatheticm's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

An old Nazi and a teenage sociopath forge an unlikely friendship. Partnership? The story is gross in the way violent bigotry is gross. Still, it was compelling. At one point one of the characters got bitten by an animal and I caught myself hoping he would get rabies and die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and War

beathebluebird's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, War, and Classism

mariahlynn123's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Antisemitism, Murder, and War

reemoony's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

dont read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

errie's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Reread for me - this was the first horror book I ever read as a teenager and it stuck with me for years, particularly a certain scene involving a cat. This is quite possibly one of the most disturbing and unsettling reads I’ve ever read, it left me feeling sick to my stomach nearly all the way through. I’m not much of a Stephen King fan, but this is so well written that I could not stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

andrew_j's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Antisemitism

genevieveokeeffe's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction

evienics's review against another edition

3.0

Whilst Apt Pupil is pretty short, it did drag a little for me. I was absorbed by the first 100 or so pages, and again by the last few pages, but it got a bit lost somewhere in-between. 

I will give King credit where credit is due - this is extremely disturbing. King asks and answers the question: what’s scarier than a Nazi war criminal? His teenage neo-Nazi friend! (Friend? Mortal enemy? Hard to decide.) 

I did really love the last sentence of this one. Supremely effed up :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Antisemitism

czoltak's review

DNF at 38%
I literally never DNF books but I just can’t with this. The amount of animal abuse and antisemitism is just way too much for me. Mentally I cannot continue. I don’t care how it ends or if there is even a point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Antisemitism

czoltak's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

DNF at 38%
I literally never DNF books but I just can’t with this. The amount of animal abuse and antisemitism is just way too much for me. Mentally I cannot continue. I don’t care how it ends or if there is even a point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism