Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Misery by Stephen King

46 reviews

mickraine's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, and Vomit

Minor: Racism and Rape

chuckyinspace's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

chrisljm's review

challenging 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

3.0

i felt like i was personally being tortured while reading this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Car accident

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

ems_booked's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This book could’ve been 100 pages and I would’ve gotten just as much from it. The writing is very lyrical but it doesn’t need to be. There is no real backstory to justify any of Annie’s actions making her feel more impulsive in a childlike way than scary. Honestly I was either grossed out or bored through the whole book…I have loved thrillers before and I really wanted to like SK but since this is my second try I think maybe I just don’t vibe with his writing🤷🏼‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

tesslw's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

When Paul Sheldon, best selling novelist and author of the beloved Misery Chastain romance series veers off the road in a snow storm and wrecks his car, he wakes up with a strange house with Annie Wilkes as his bed nurse. As chance would have it, she’s an ex nurse herself - and his biggest fan. She also HATED his latest release. Keeping him captive in her house, Annie is determined for Paul to right his wrongs and give her the book ending she feels she and Misery deserve. She tells Paul he’s lucky to be alive… but boy does she have ways of making him wish he were dead. 

This was my favourite SK book I’ve read so far (though Pet Sematary,  Salem’s Lot and IT are all still yet to come!). I enjoyed the sheer lunacy that soaked through the pages, and the creeping sense of unease (and honestly, impending doom) that deepened chapter by chapter. The depth of character in both Paul and Annie really kept me sucked in as they both had elements of being entirely insufferable (although insufferable probably doesn’t really cover the bounds of Annie Wilkes’ behaviour and capabilities….!) . I swear to god this book had me sweating at points, it was TENSE. It’s also gruesome and psychologically gruelling so…. If that’s not your bag, I would veer away from this one. 

Additionally I would like to note that there are definitely some questionable racial language and stereotypes that I do not condone, but I do also acknowledge that this was published the best part of 40 years ago. I also borrowed this from my local library, so did not contribute any money to King by reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

raesansom's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, and Car accident

noahsingh's review against another edition

1.5

entertaining enough but so so racist 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

miraclesandmeatballs's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

erikwmj's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racism

woweewhoa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism