Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Menschenjagd by Jochen Stremmel, Stephen King, Richard Bachman, Nora Jensen

19 reviews

lindsaybethlyons's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Appreciated the dystopia and general plot. Did not appreciate all of the racist language. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, and Car accident

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

sabrinaleaf'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

1.25

1.5 ⭐️ 

What was this Stephen?? What was this 💀 

Ive heard great things about his writing, but one can only wonder if people were lying to her after reading this. I could only take so much of descriptions of shit, perky boobs, rape and balls. Not to mention the numerous homophobic and racist passage that were entirely unnecessary. 
I know this is an older book; doesn’t negate how I felt about it.
The plot started off very weird and fast, and I didn’t like its execution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

sighclopss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-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? No

3.5

Quick read 3.5⭐

This concept again plays on (as many of Kings works do) the age old "humans are the real monsters" trope. In a totalitarian future, society is kept in check with entertainment of human suffering (not much of a difference from what the 2020's of our current lives have to offer.) I think there's lots of good concepts in this one, and considering it was written over 40 years ago it can be eerie what elements have been prophesied in a way. 

In terms of writing, it's not as waffle-ly as some of King's other works, this one definitely made a good go at an "action" genre, while still having the in-depth complex character thought that I enjoy about King's books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

angelroomba's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Sexism, and Police brutality

Minor: Homophobia

readingiscool96's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

voicenextdoor's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

voxlunae's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I've nearly read all of King's books, and I committed this year to finishing the ones I haven't gotten to yet. The problem is, the ones I haven't gotten to are pretty much all of the ones that are supposed bad to middling, including the Bachmann books and some of the bad '80s years. The Running Man wasn't terrible, but it's a rough hang, to be sure. The premise is interesting, and the world-building is effective, but it paints a picture of such a dreary and dismal world, where pretty much everyone is deplorable and vile. The casual racism, sexism, classism, fatphobia, murder, etc. just make this a really unpleasant journey, despite the propulsive plot and the messaging at its core. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia

timmeh's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nadia's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I spent a lot of this book bored and not caring about the main character at all...I still didn't really care about him come the end but I was more intrigued and curious to see how it all unfolded!

Also, obviously not a fan of the racial slurs used at all!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

ro_lux's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism