Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

15 reviews

yarnbandit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you want to know if the dog dies, the answer is

yes

If you want to know if the horse dies, the answer is

yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, and Torture

cbug412's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

If you're looking for a book chronicling the end of the world via nuclear fallout, this may be up your alley. Fairly gruesome but also quite heartwarming at times. A lot of people compare it to King's The Stand, but any way you look at it, it's the classic good vs. evil story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and War

lunarmagi42's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

ripxreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Pedophilia, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

wormgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Torture, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment