ggcd1981's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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A) Detta Walker, uma das personalidades de Odetta Holmes. Detta é um estereotipo ofensivo de mulher negra, King está ciente disso pois na obra Roland e Eddie Dean referenciam este fato literalmente dizendo que Detta age como um estereotipo. Porém o texto estar ciente disso não torna a leitura das cenas de Detta mais agradável. Ao final da obra o melhor evento é que Detta some (assim como Odetta) dando lugar a personalidade unificada de Susana Dean; B) a hiper-sexualização de personagens femininos, o que já acontecia no volume 1, mas infelizmente continua no volume 2; C) O último elemento que não gostei foi que em alguns momentos King escolheu mostrar a mesma cena do ponto de vista de várias pessoas, incluindo, por exemplo, Roland dentro da cabeça de Eddie e o próprio Eddie. As sequências em que o autor fez isso eram breves porem repetitivas e deixavam a cena um pouco maçante.Spoiler
Apesar desses pontos o livro foi interessante e de fácil leitura. Gostei do conceito de 3 portas na praia que levavam para dentro da cabeça de pessoas no mundo que conhecemos: O prisioneiro Eddie Dean, A dama das sombras Odetta Holmes/Detta Walker e Morte, Jack Mort (um psicopata assassino responsável por eventos horríveis que influenciaram as vidas dos personagens do livro). Eu sempre prefiro os aspectos fantásticos do que os elementos mais realistas da história (ex. de realidade: o envolvimento de Eddie no tráfico de drogas).Graphic: Grief, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Confinement, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicide attempt
bluejayreads's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Excrement, Blood, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Murder, and Medical content
Sexual content involving minors, mind control, someone inside your mind without your consentluciawolfie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Another reason why I felt a bit weird about this book is
Spoiler
why the character of Odetta/Detta. It is just weird to me. I am by no means an expert on Dissociative Disorders, but the way she is presented... it does not sit right. It is like a stereotype of Jekyll and Hyde but because she is a woman we have to add a Madonna-whore complex. The way she is sexualized is also a classic instance of Men-writing-women. The description is just weird... and kinda fetishizing her dark skin as well. And why was the n-word discussion necessary in the least?I am very disappointed because otherwise I really enjoyed the book.
Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexual content, and Stalking
snowhite197's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, and Violence
lou_o_donnell's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence