Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Die Arena by Stephen King

9 reviews

seeker42's review against another edition

Too disturbing in describing a gang rape scene.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Police brutality, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Alcohol, Addiction, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Racism, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Car accident, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Racism, Fatphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Rape, Racial slurs, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Addiction, Biphobia, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Gun violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness, Ableism, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Antisemitism

necrophilia, cancer, brain tumor,

braveprincess11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It was… fine. Gratuitously violent, wayyyy too long, and the “reasons” were ridiculous. I have never written a CW list this long, and I hope to god I will never write one this long again.

Stephen King could’ve made a point here, but he threw it all away for some

goddamn fucking aliens

so, overall, the book was just… meh 🤷🏼‍♀️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

bologknees's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Very cliché. Too long. So many unnecessary details. The ending was a bit of a twist but not satisfactory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Cursing, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Torture

sophiemoony's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

epic and absolutely masterful in the description of its villains. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Hate crime, Gore, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Body horror, War, Death, Confinement, Child death, Rape, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, Cancer, Gore, Sexism, Gaslighting, Racism, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

twinkindespair's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

Dragged in the beginning for how quickly it ended. The characters were memorable and the plots were very detailed. 
Satisfied to finish the book, not sure I’m going to pick it up again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Animal death, Rape, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Bullying, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

billie1401's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Over the years I have attempted to read this book multiple times. It’s size always intimidated me and Stephen Kings work can be quite dense. But once your in, your in. 
Jim Rennie may be the best and most infuriating antagonist I’ve ever seen and that’s because he’s so real. In this current climate, egotists like him are everywhere and do cause so much pain- maybe not as much as Jim Rennie manages to inflict. 

What I’m happy about is the focus on human nature,

with less of a focus on the extraterrestrial origins of the dome.

 It is definitely a character-driven book and it benefits from that. 

I didn’t rate it higher just because some scenes I really struggled to get through, and also I wish we saw more of what happened after the dome. But I think I’m just being greedy with that one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Suicide, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

mayakinsley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Vomit, Racism, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cursing