Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Wielki marsz by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

28 reviews

eliz_m_rhodes's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

renicula's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Excrement, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Classism

Minor: Racism

meraru's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I love playing battle royales so i found the main plot appealing, the random sexualization of characters, most of them minors made it kinda hard to enjoy at times though. and the ending was... um...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

King sure is comfortable sexualizing his minor characters.

kirtreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

There was no reason for this audiobook to be almost 11 hours long. I thought, surely the whole book cannot be just the long walk but it is. 

Buckle up for a lot of teenage boy inner dialogue that is somehow both overly horny and very contemplative, kids getting

violently shot and killed when they stop walking for over two minutes

and Kings classic over descriptions. 

Also, the ending is classic King, and is annoyingly infuriating. If you are looking to read a King novel, look at almost any other book. It is well written, and you do get attached to the characters but that almost makes the book harder to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? No

3.0

I was disappointed by this book from the get-go. Stephen King didn't even give me a chance to form a positive first impression before Garraty notices that his mom's “breasts were almost nonexistent: token nubs.” There is absolutely no reason that had to be included. What did that add to the plot 💀 I kept reading because I was intrigued by the premise. It kept me hooked but I also kept waiting for more world-building and by the end I was sorely disappointed.  This is a dystopia so I would've loved more details of how The Long Walk came to be. I do get why King didn't describe more of past winners even though I kind of wanted that information. 

The plot became redundant to an exhaustive degree. How many times can you describe the exact same thing? Garraty's feet hurt, he struggles for a moment, gets a couple of warnings, and then comes to his senses (with the help of McVries). I feel like the message would. have been just as successful if this was a short story instead. I also didn't get the point of the quotes that began each chapter. They were just so random. 

I loved McVries (and Garraty wanted him sooooo bad) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content

vinett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

saoreads's review against another edition

The reason I couldn't finish the book "The Long Walk" by Stephen King is that I got bored halfway through. I found myself trying to convince myself numerous times to continue, but ultimately, I had to admit that it wasn't my cup of tea. The constant scenarios in the story seemed useless and didn't capture my attention. Additionally, I felt that the pacing of the narrative wasn't to my liking, making it challenging to maintain my interest in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

pjsans's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Police brutality and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

cosmikhorror's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

asparagushead's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail