Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Under the Dome by Stephen King

5 reviews

kfred43's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Mental illness, Gun violence, Gore, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Addiction

seeker42's review against another edition

Too disturbing in describing a gang rape scene.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Police brutality, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Alcohol, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Racism, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Car accident, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Racism, Fatphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Rape, Racial slurs, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Addiction, Biphobia, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness, Ableism, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Antisemitism

necrophilia, cancer, brain tumor,

sydfreeman's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Heads up: this one has frequent and graphic sexual assault scenes involving women and police. Not a surprise in a King novel, but it was more than I expected going into it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Animal death, Sexism, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

aaaugello's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Bullying