Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Apt Pupil by Stephen King

5 reviews

gaeliloveweiss's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Racism, Alcoholism, Gore, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Rape, Physical abuse, Genocide, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Hate crime

sommarborne's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is deeply disturbing and not for the weak stomached. I think the reason this book hits so hard is due to its realism. This book is about the dangerous pipeline to nazism that can occur when someone becomes a little too interested in WWII.

But I think now more than ever this book is a critical read. This shows the inner workings of a kid who starts off innocuous and his descent into extreme bigotry and how kids can be groomed into horrific ideologies. It is a short, quick read and it is the kind of thing you won’t put down until you are done. There is no relief or happy endings here. It is just one fucked up short story. Read at your own risk.

As a caution, there is vivid animal cruelty and death with a cat that is vile to read. There is an equally disturbing sexual assault sequence in a dream.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, War, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Police brutality, Animal death, Torture, Terminal illness, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

reemoony's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

dont read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Confinement, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

ireneac's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Blood

britrcup's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia