Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Wielki marsz by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

58 reviews

claire_bear26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

linda_wolf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, and Murder

manuelte's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Felt like a short story, which I mean as a compliment. So much of the world is hinted at while keeping the focus squarely on the protagonists. Left me wanting to read more stories set in this same world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, and Toxic friendship

justagremlin's review against another edition

You know I said I didn't DNF books much, but I REALLY do not like Stephen King writing characters that are children. I was only like 20% in and I had seen enough. The concept is interesting so it makes me sad that I couldn't finish it. But seriously within the first PAGE. THE. VERY. FIRST. PAGE. We're commenting on the main character's mom's tits. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? And this is just the first of many times we get "Men Writing Women Syndrome." And it's just very very very very icky to read and gross and bad and I can't even write grammatically correct sentences anymore. Also, I can't speak on the rest of the book obviously but it was getting a bit repetitive. 

They walk. They banter. Sex reference. Someone gets shot.
They walk. They banter. Sex reference. Someone gets shot.
They walk. They banter. Sex reference. Someone gets shot.
They walk. They banter. Sex reference. Someone gets shot.

Again I can't speak on the rest of the novel, I only stopped 20% in.

Recommend to: If you think the concept is neat and can suffer through "men writing women syndrome"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Gun Violence/Torture

The walk is nonstop and it is literally torture for the participants, if you fall behind you are shot after three warnings.

Misogyny, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Content

These characters are so horny all the time, and this book as a case of men writing women syndrome, frequent mentions of boobs, sex, and boners and its really icky and gross and bad to read

Racism/Racial Slurs

In the second chapter, the contestant that dies is black and all the characters are racist to the black character.

andsoitgoesss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

svenrodian's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Murder

vererito's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

beezlebabb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Really loved the ending, though that might not be a common opinion.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

sighclopss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

malpal9's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

2/3 was “my feet hurt” - albeit I still could not put it down, 1/3 was super juicy. The conversations between the walkers was really the highlight for me. Would love a whole other novel prequel to build this world!!!!

Edit: changing my rating from 4 to 4.5, I cannot stop thinking about this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis