Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

La larga marcha by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

3 reviews

klor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The book absolutely takes you for a ride in this dystopian world and concept. The first half of the book was a little slow but picks up a lot in the middle and towards the end. It was hard to see friends met along the way perish one by one and even harder when you realize the amount of traume these kids hve been through within the span of days. I honestly got a little annoyed by how horny on the main everyone was but they're also teenagers so there's that. This book is very bleak but very insightful, and definitely a good introduction to some of King's works. Also, I probably should've read this while doing cardio, for extra immersion lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder

lizziertaft's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Classism

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective 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? No

4.75

This book had a looming dread over it from the beginning, which really helped shape the atmosphere. With some many characters in the book I had though it would be a little muddled. But many of the characters get flushed out and are memorable. The whole premise of the novel is simple yet destructive, it really packed a punch with a little mix up of a few genres, Dystopian, Physical Horror, Thriller. I really enjoyed this book, I just wish it was a tad shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Vomit