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The Stand by Stephen King

5 reviews

urnee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

It's hard to put a book like this into words. I tried separating the sections to work out how I felt about each, but without the threads connecting them all they're not as special. So I'll settle for one (probably over-used) word: epic.

I already knew King was a brilliant writer. But for something as grand as this he really let loose. It's a disaster story, a post-apocalyptic dystopia, a journey, the rebuilding of society, war, religion and literally the entire question of good versus evil.

Flagg's presence becomes more insidious as the book goes on, but by then the characters I loved were so in my head that I just had blind faith in them. Even those who don't survive (and my goodness there are a lot of them - no one is safe) seem to leave some part of themselves behind, the connections between them run so deep.

And it was the characters that I really loved. Frannie, Stu, Nick, wonderful Tom Cullen, Larry, Glen and Kojak. People on Flagg's side like Lloyd and poor Trash Can Man were also brilliantly wrought and complex. Even someone who is only relevant to a single chapter has a full and rich back story. This will stay with me a long time. 

M-O-O-N, that spells masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jaym's review against another edition

After 25 hours of listening I decided I didn't care to hear more about human suffering.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture

ggcd1981's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A primeira obra de Stephen King que li foi um de seus contos, mas The stand é o primeiro livro completo de King que leio. Iniciei um pouco intimidada pelo tamanho, também tinha escutado que os finais de King não são bons. Em geral iniciei com cautela. Contudo a história era intrigante, especialmente por lê-la durante a quarentena de COVID. Apesar de ser um livro extenso em nenhum momento me senti entediada com o enredo ou escrita. Não me apeguei a todos os personagens, mas tive meus preferidos (Tom Cullen e Kojak entraram na minha lista de personagens a serem protegidos a qualquer custo).
Minha maior crítica é que somos apresentados a diversos personagens, mas ao final não sabemos o real destino de muitos deles. Também retiraria a última cena do livro que a meu ver foi desnecessaria.
Bom, em resumo, do meu ponto de vista, se Stephen King é conhecido por não ter bons finais para suas obras eu excluíria The stand dessa lista. O final do conflito foi o melhor possível para a situação que se configurou na narrativa. Colocaria The stand na lista de "Bons finais" de Stephen King.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction

cinnamonpizza8's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

1/12/2021: This book was good, I'm still letting it sink in so I haven't decided if it has eclipsed It as my favorite Stephen King novel. King gives incredible world-building, manages many complex characters, and layers a multi-level, intertwined journey-focused novel that blew my mind at parts and seemed unnecessarily uncomfortable at other parts. It is the perfect book to be reading right now if you would like to be unsettled about the state of the world and ponder how good versus evil influences the structure of society. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma