Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Long Walk by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

8 reviews

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

kessejeen's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, and Racism

Minor: Animal death

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

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

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

lizziertaft's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Gore, Genocide, Death, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Suicide attempt, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Misogyny, and Torture

purpleshadow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Though it is quite dark and gory this is an amazing book filled with a bundle of emotions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Vomit, and Violence

vici24kl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

jadie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

Despite it's  slow pace The Long Walk is a very gripping and very tense book, which I couldn't put down. Left me thinking and feeling long after finishing, a book whose contents and character  will stick with me. As the first King/Bachman book I've  read, it hasn't  definitely left me hooked and wanting to read more of his work. Although it was challenging and difficult to get through at times, due to the descriptions of pain, gore and death, I found myself not being able to get away from it until I'd  finished. Highly recommend. Only down side is that the end felt slightly rushed and neglected, as it felt faster paces in the last few chapters. A very great read however, one I won't forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Vomit