Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

15 reviews

kessejeen's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Child death, Violence, Murder, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, and Death

newsteadlibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Gore, Child death, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death

Minor: Homophobia

shrektien's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I’ll be honest, this book holds a ton of misogyny/unsettling thoughts from men about women shed in a positive light or a “that’s just how we are” light and it was hard to read sometimes. Huge fan of King but this one I could’ve skipped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

alisonnicholslol's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Highly recommend! Very likable characters, made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Car accident

chig_flicks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content