Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

It by Stephen King

16 reviews

ingridbergman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

 

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No, but why did my mans thought the best way to get out of the tunnels was by making a girl have sex with six boys on a book that he dedicated to his infant children? ;_____;

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

jackyjoojoo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Stephen king is a fucking creep.
 ok so the plot is good HOWEVER this book is so deeply flawed, Stephen king using the fact that he has a black character to excessively use the n slur, the 7 page orgy scene of 11 year olds, the low-key romanticisation of abuse and Stephen king's apparent inability to describe a female character without mentioning her tits.
the book is so excessively long for no reason and its obvious just how much cocaine he was on when her wrote it.

just watch the film's I promise this book is not worth it xx



4 months later -
ok so originally i rated this 2.5 stars but in retrospect that was wayyy to generous and honestly this book is literal dog shit,, just watch the films i cannot stress this enough omfg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ratrug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

My god this is a bloody tome. If you haven’t read any other King books I would recommend doing so before you start this because it’s a bloody long book if you don’t like his writing style. I enjoyed it but it was a bit of a slog at times, but King used the words he needed to say what he wanted to say

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

biacharmeliteral's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-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

5.0

Se tornou meu livro favorito da vida. Foi meu primeiro livro de terror e meu livro favorito do King!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

moosthappi's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Murder

peachmoni's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I liked this way more than I thought I would. I am a fan of the miniseries and the movies, but when I started the novel, I found it to be quite slow and not very engrossing. However, that changed as the story of Derry pulls you in.

I would recommend this, but please be warned that there's:

1. the death of a child that is quite disturbing. It's written explicitly, though not graphic in terms of blood or gore. I wasn't able to read it; I skipped those few paragraphs.
2. a sex scene between a group of 11-12 year olds toward the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt