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Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

23 reviews

jillian_hope02's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Confinement, Body horror, Racism, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Self harm, Pedophilia, Animal death, Murder, Violence, and Pregnancy

ideasoforder's review

challenging dark 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

1.5

This book was not for me.  I respect that there is some artistry to the writing, but I think the entire premise is problematic and not in a fun, "look at me I'm trying to be trangressive" kind of way.  It's not biting enough to be good satire, and it's not scary enough to be good horror; to me it was mostly a failure.  That being said, there are people who LOVE this book so definitely give it a shot if you like boundary-pushing, body horror books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Stalking, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Rape, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Torture, Terminal illness, Animal death, Violence, and Sexual harassment

This book is very graphic.

There is a substantial amount of body horror and mentions of sexual and other violence

It is almost a guarantee something in it will be triggering or repellent to you.

necroplasm's review

dark slow-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

2.5

somehow found the frame narrative to be more interesting than the actual short stories, which is something an anthology story has straight up never managed to do for me before! not really sure if that's really a compliment, but like,, it's something! i think i need to take a break from reading anything written by palahniuk for a few months or so, because i could handle his writing style for the 200ish pages it took for me to finish fight club, but the constant cynicism and moderate-to-severe edginess got kinda grating over the course of 400 pages. anyways almost all these people were just absolutely terrible! watching them go insane was interesting but i hope they all died in the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Cannibalism, Confinement, Murder, Gore, Rape, Death, Sexual content, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage and Animal death

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.

introverted_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

pissing blood and cannibalism my two favourite things

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, Cannibalism, and Confinement

Moderate: Miscarriage, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Terminal illness

soggycheez's review

dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Vomit, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Antisemitism, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

savagedaughter's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I absolutely love the concept of this book. A writers retreat. Sounds so simple but turns into a retreat full of sabotage. The main story line gets extremely dark as the book goes on. Tons of trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, and Gore

mandi_lea's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Transphobia, Torture, Death, Gore, Blood, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual violence, Classism, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Confinement, and Violence

volatilevampire's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

witcherie's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

Probably the only book I can describe as both awful and amazing. Disgustingly well-done. Not for those with weak stomachs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Self harm, Murder, Death, and Excrement

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Miscarriage