Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Quien pierde paga by Stephen King

5 reviews

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

eadrianschmitz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

 The King of villains strikes again. Excited to see what Ret. Det. Hodges, Jerome, and Holly are up to in the next installment and Holly's solo novel. Will Patton's narration is :chef's kiss:


**Spoilers below**

There's something slightly self-indulgent in writing about characters obsessed with a writer.
Everything about the rec center feels too lucky: That Morris finds the rec center as a haven as well, that Pete's mom still being conscious enough to notice where Pete went including that he took a key from the wall, that it was the only key missing and the key hook was labeled. Just all aligned a little too neatly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ufoparty's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.0

as someone who prefers king's more monstrous stories to what i would call regular thrillers, i found the story underwhelming. a kid finds a murderer's stash of money and manuscripts the latter stole from a famous author and uses the money to help his own family out of debt. the murderer gets out of prison and wants it back. a surprisingly standard story without any of the weird twists you'd expect from the author - the antag feels very much like an everyday bad guy without the horrifying impact of king's previous villains. about halfway through i realized i was supremely bored and struggled to get through 10 pages in one sitting before forcing myself to finish as quickly as possible.
3 stars because as always king has a very appealing writing style and strong voice, and i wouldn't say it's a bad book, just forgettable in my eyes compared to his other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia and Homophobia

Minor: Racism and Sexual content

ripxreads's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Vomit

I’m not joking there are pretty graphic scenes of rape and sexual violence, a good chunk of it taking place in prison. Near the end there’s also a graphic death involving fire.