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Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

5 reviews

gress's review

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Abandonment, Death, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Self harm, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Transphobia, Excrement, Miscarriage, Rape, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Car accident, Terminal illness, Grief, and Infidelity

Entire story that misgenders a woman (whether they are trans or not is up to interpretation)

and leads to SA/rape of that woman

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booksofautumn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Infidelity

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

I’ve never really been a fan of Palahniuk’s books or his writing. I read Fight Club and thought it was ok but overall it was just too long and too pretentious. Haunted has been suggested to me so many times and was on so many horror lists I finally said ok why not? I should not have done that. 

I absolutely hate this book. It is not anything that I enjoy, there is no horror here. Unless you’re brand of horror is gross out horror than I guess this could work for you, but to me it was just a pointless excuse to be over the top disgusting for no reason. 

The story is set up with 3 confusing layers, the actual narrative of these “writers” being locked in a theater and self sabotaging everything every chance they get, a shitty poem about each unlikeable character, and some inane short story that really has no point other than to be shocking. This style, while creative, was a slog to get through and just so disjointed and confusing. Also, all the characters are the worst human beings you’ll ever read about which is probably the point, but as a character driven reader this was pure hell for me. 

I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from reading this book. If you love pretentious gross out horror with no point then this could honestly interest you. But if you’re a reader who likes horror that’s atmospheric, scary, or character driven steer clear of Haunted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Self harm, and Sexual content

emilyraven0714's review

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Terminal illness, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Violence, Vomit, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Trafficking, Addiction, Body horror, Classism, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, and Bullying

alira's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual content, Misogyny, Infidelity, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Grief