Reviews tagging 'Rape'

L'uomo in fuga by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

6 reviews

clr00's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Racism, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

Minor: Rape

hayleymorrison's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I was conflicted with this book. The way that King describes women is challenging. Is the author projecting his world onto the reader or is he attempting to submerse us into the mind of someone who sees women from Richards’ perspective? Maybe both is the answer. I just wish the women characters were more hashed out, I guess. Someone to sympathize and not pity. 

Moving on past my mini rant, the story immediately places the reader into the lowest of low classes - introducing Richards - a solid character rooted in his own beliefs and only wanting to help his family. King takes you on a whirlwind of a chase, leaving the reader flipping through the short chapters begging to see what happens next. The futuristic scene gives us a glimpse into the harrowing potential forecast of what may come to our society.  And it all ends spectacularly. I would recommend this book for the plot alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Grief, Sexual content, Sexism, Classism, Murder, Child death, Addiction, Infertility, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Suicide, Gun violence, Car accident, Blood, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Drug use, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape and Infidelity

brothertubber's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

_mack_jack_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

if it weren’t for the racism, homophobia, and misogyny this book would get 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, War, Infertility, Murder, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit and Rape

charlottereadsthings's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

The Running Man starts off by setting up a world of imbalance. The rich are thriving, while the poorest in society are forced to take part in dangerous TV shows in order to pay for medical treatment of loved ones. The protagonist, Richard, takes this route to try and save his sick daughter and ends up the lead on a TV show called The Running Man, where the task is simple: outrun the hunters, or be killed. 

I really liked how the world was built up and seeing the clesr divide between those at the top and bottom of society, including the interactions Richard had with the people working at the studio. I didn't find Richard to be a particularly likeable character, nor was I rooting for him, but it made sense that he would be inappropriate and quite hardy when some of the things he said/things he did given the cards life had handed him.

I thought the first half of this book was really strong but it hit a point where it felt like it had hit a wall, and there were some discoveries that never really went anywhere and seemed more like attempted filler to bide time given the nature of the show's format. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

zoebill96's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Violence

This book is essentially “hunted” but more extreme. As always I love Stephen king, he always manages to keep me engrossed in the story and he is a magnificent story teller. I appreciate that this book was written in the 1980’s but there was just no need for the amount of racist remarks made - completely ruined the book for me as it didn’t add any depth to the story line at all. I did love the twist at the very end though, I shouldn’t have expected it to be predictable but I was lulled into a false sense of predictions and he did a full 360 on me. I also felt very unnerved about how it was written in 1983, but set in 2025 and referring to the past being 2020/2002/1997 - the world I am literally living in now - mind = blown