Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

48 reviews

skylizard34's review

5.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Read it in a day. The twists hit you right when they should and it’s a surprisingly sentimental story in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

gemazafer's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia

stephaniekrebs's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt

kkatie12's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well this was a wild ride. This whole book felt like one big transphobic, misogynistic joke being told by some wannabe edge lord trying to be deep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Transphobia

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

jordan_james's review

3.75

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

sofipitch's review

4.5

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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My straight white guy trait is really liking Chuck Palanhuik. His prose is so chewy, and he has a certain nihilistic realism I enjoy. However he also has an edginess that is a bit cringe and this is definitely not the best trans rep out there. Regardless this book scratched a very specific itch, 90s The Substance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia

jozzie's review

4.0

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really enjoyed this book and knew from page one that I was in for a wild ride. It is a dark book but I loved the humor within it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Transphobia

dromedaryreader's review

4.75

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow, what an insane book. I started and stopped this book multiple times and it still sucked me back in every time I'd pick it up again. There's too many twists to get bored. I didn't pay enough attention to what story line/time slot I was in at any given time which made the book more challenging to read at times. But overall, great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

vince30's review

0.25

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Exhausting and cringe worthy. I was giving a few Chuck Palahniuk books as a gift and this was the first one I read. I like the movie Fight Club so I was excited, but after reading this I'm worried that every page is just going to be attempts at shocking me. It reminded me of an insecure teenager looking for attention on every page.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

after3am's review

2.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’ll be up front: I started reading this book because of Panic! at the Disco. I heard about it on Genius years ago while looking at the lyrics for one of their songs, and I’ve been interested in it ever since. 

I read Fight Club a month or two afo and wasn’t the biggest fan, but it’s by the same writer so it reminded me of this book. After maybe over a decade I finally decided to read it, and I gotta say, I was really disappointed. 

The most obvious and glaring issue is just how bad it is about trans women. Maybe it was because of the period of time it was written in, but it was very offputting. I also wasn’t a fan of most of the ‘twists’. I realize it was supposed to be surreal, but they felt more contrived than otherworldly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Transphobia