Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Running Man by Stephen King

7 reviews

angelroomba's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Sexism, and Police brutality

Minor: Homophobia

11black_cats's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

Good book, I didn't love Richards but I didn't hate him either. All in all a solid main character and a good dystopian book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Kidnapping

hayleycurtis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I was conflicted with this book. The way that King describes women is challenging. Is the author projecting his world onto the reader or is he attempting to submerse us into the mind of someone who sees women from Richards’ perspective? Maybe both is the answer. I just wish the women characters were more hashed out, I guess. Someone to sympathize and not pity. 

Moving on past my mini rant, the story immediately places the reader into the lowest of low classes - introducing Richards - a solid character rooted in his own beliefs and only wanting to help his family. King takes you on a whirlwind of a chase, leaving the reader flipping through the short chapters begging to see what happens next. The futuristic scene gives us a glimpse into the harrowing potential forecast of what may come to our society.  And it all ends spectacularly. I would recommend this book for the plot alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

pointvirgule's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing and Classism

the_shelf_elf's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, and Kidnapping

marleen02's review against another edition

dark tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

charlottereadsthings's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

The Running Man starts off by setting up a world of imbalance. The rich are thriving, while the poorest in society are forced to take part in dangerous TV shows in order to pay for medical treatment of loved ones. The protagonist, Richard, takes this route to try and save his sick daughter and ends up the lead on a TV show called The Running Man, where the task is simple: outrun the hunters, or be killed. 

I really liked how the world was built up and seeing the clesr divide between those at the top and bottom of society, including the interactions Richard had with the people working at the studio. I didn't find Richard to be a particularly likeable character, nor was I rooting for him, but it made sense that he would be inappropriate and quite hardy when some of the things he said/things he did given the cards life had handed him.

I thought the first half of this book was really strong but it hit a point where it felt like it had hit a wall, and there were some discoveries that never really went anywhere and seemed more like attempted filler to bide time given the nature of the show's format. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault