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Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

19 reviews

sinisterbeard's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

What a bunch of morons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Vomit, Eating disorder, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gaslighting, Racism, Addiction, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Just like, all the content warnings.

melamc's review

Characters are unlikely. Main story is weak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death, Violence, Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Addiction, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

hailey_horror's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Classism, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Body shaming, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

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

shysheepys's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This sure was something?? I don't know where to even begin. An absolute adventure that is gross and gross and gross. But at the same time, I really wanted to know what was going to happen to the group as a whole, so I kept going until the end. Trigger warnings for uh, everything?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Cursing, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

greatblueshark's review

medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, Transphobia, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual harassment

bookswithlevay's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Transphobia, Body horror, Torture, Suicide, Ableism, Self harm, Violence, Murder, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gore, Death, and Blood

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

kelsie4's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is disturbing. It’s a lot. I found my heart racing trying to finish stories as quickly as possible to get to the slower bits. I’m still trying to wrap my head around such a concept and the odd stories the characters share. It’s not too far from reality which I think is the most disturbing part.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Suicide, Torture, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Transphobia, Self harm, Body horror, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

finleyfrogreads's review

dark funny medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

one of my desert island books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Murder, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Hate crime, Excrement, Sexism, Violence, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Addiction, Grief, and Abortion

pretty much every content warning applies to some degree so i may have forgotten some; moderate are only mentioned in 1-2 stories, graphic are overall themes