Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

The Body by Stephen King

19 reviews

samugranjo's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Gore, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, and War

rrsilel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I love this story so, so much. 
A good-written, and - for me - nostalgic read from when I saw the movie a few years back. And I have to say, the movie did a phenomenal job. This might be the first film-adaptation ever that really translated the book to an equally good movie. This coming-of-age story is unlike others I've read, but in its simplicity a touching story came through. 
Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Cursing

sarahemhavens's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

3.0

A classic, emotional story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child abuse, Child death, and Vomit

greciamj1958's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Grief, Mental illness, and Gore

cavexcanem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Gore

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Car accident, and Grief

februaries's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia and Racial slurs

aimeenotpond's review against another edition

adventurous reflective

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

maybe_perhaps's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs and Homophobia

tytrack99's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

I give it 5 bc its my favorite movie, but definitely an instance where 1. the movie is better 2. you should see the movie first. just my opinion bc im not a hug king fan. rob riener made this book 1000x better and king was even thoroughly impressed w his rendition <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

cryscries's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

The movie adaption of this book is pretty spot on, however there are just some details from the book that are not mentioned in the movie such as Gordie’s relationship with his brother and how his death really affected him or Chris’s character development towards the end which I felt was nice to read in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs

One of the characters Teddy has a rather foul mouth - the time set in this book seems to take place after a war so there is some mentions of prejudice.