Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

It by Stephen King

32 reviews

h0neybear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

Overall it's just so lovely, and I know that's a strange way to describe a horror book, and don't get me wrong, it does get dark, but I find that it is truly more character driven than anything. It is an uplifting as well as slightly horrific read, which I believe really showcases the versatility of King as a writer. To me, the horror elements were not too scary

(perhaps something to do with most of them being linked to the fears of children?? I'm not too sure), but it definitely gets disturbing at times for reasons that are not at all supernatural but very grounded in reality. That's the interesting thing about this book; its central antagonist is a monster but it very much explores the things that monster drives the residents of Derry to do. A lot of the disturbing and even distressing comes from people and their disgusting actions, as well as the consequences of these.

  This is a 1000 page book so the pace is SLOW which I do actually love to be honest. It really allows room to create a very developed world as well as a mythology for this world. This one is certainly a page turner, but I found it a bit difficult to pick up at times just because of lack of motivation from the slow, slow pace. An extra note on the world building that I just mentioned is that I wanted to say is that I find it to be soso strong, and remember, this world is just one town. It's fascinating, as is this whole novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

kamirose1's review

dark slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kaylatmf's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Vomit, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

yeuniversse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia

donnamira's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

starlessnights's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

avocadosontoast's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism and Racial slurs

kenna11's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

So many thoughts and so little space to write them. The book was well written and the plot was interesting enough that I spent 45 hours of my life listening to the audiobook. I could have done without the slurs every other page, descriptions of a child’s nipples, and other completely unnecessary information. Without all of these things I would give it a solid 5 but it just made me so uncomfortable to read (and not in the way I think he meant it to). I’m basically going to have to select every trigger warning on the list for this review 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

theteaisaddictive's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Car accident, and Murder