Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

23 reviews

phenomreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Awesome part of the series. The adventures of Roland, Eddie Dean and Odetta are so interesring and I am looking forward to see what is going to happen next. Got you hooked from the first page. Interesting story for those who can handle some gruesome details. But after all this is the style of King. Worth reading. Hot recommendation!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

I keep reading Stephen King because he's a hell of a storyteller. This story is GOOD. The writing is compelling, the pacing keeps you wanting to turn the pages, and the characters give you whiplash rooting for and against them. 

That being said, I didn't love the first book in the series, but am glad I continued.

However, this book is dated in a lot of ways. There are outdated slurs of all kinds and horrible ableist language. This is hard to overlook, despite the book's publishing date. I can forgive some of it, but not all of it.

Overall, I had a great time reading this and will continue reading the series over time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Hate crime and Islamophobia

misfitnightmare's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Cringed a lot for unnecessary use of n slur in the book. Plus it seems that S. King didn't do very good research about mental disorders because Odetta doesn't have schizophrenia, she has DID. Other than that it was better than the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

senesced's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.5

Painful to get through given the jarring amount of slurs used. I would say that this didn't age well, but I can't imagine a time in which the language was every accepted. Yikes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence

Slurs abound -- homophobic, anti-black, and anti-latinx slurs left and right.

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

littlered22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Very slow start but the ending picks up and I'm pretty excited for the next one based off the ending of this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

victoriakerr131's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Frank Muller did an incredible job narrating this audiobook! I didn't know what to expect going into this book; I didn't really enjoy the first book in the series, it was slow and not a lot happened - mostly world building. This one however was much more engaging and will make me continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Hate crime, and Murder

ryoung23's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book so much. I liked this one much more than the first book in The Dark Tower series. It was adventurous and much easier for me to follow. I'm so excited to continue this series and the journey to The Dark Tower!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction

axeltheredpanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

By far one of the best books I’ve ever read. The characters are incredible, the pacing is perfect, and the situations the characters are put through are extremely impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Classism

The hard r N word is used very liberally at times and a character is a racist caricature (though this is commented on within the book and she’s that way due to certain events)

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail