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Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

22 reviews

abbruzzese's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?

i think i'm done with chuck palahniuk for a long, long time. wish i had read fight club before anything else of his because i'm so sick of reading his writing. it's so repetitive, it's exhausting. and it's all so miserable. satire or not, edgy or not, there's only so much fucking depressive shit a girl can handle and i am maxed out. if you really want to read one of his books, just go with choke and call it a day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

updownwrong's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

Invisible Monsters is the best Chuck Palahniuk novel I've read yet. It's full of twists and turns, awful yet loveable yet loathsome characters, and outlandish yet almost plausible situations that make your jaw drop. While I don't think the book is as shocking as it would have been 20 years ago, I think it's an essential read for anyone who enjoys modern satire. Bonus points if you're a former emo kid who underlined all of the lines AFYCSO references. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Self harm, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Medical content, Addiction, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Ableism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Outing

eyesofcrows's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Confusing to start with because of the nonlinear timeline but God does it reward you when you start connecting the timeline. Though there’s stuff about homophobia and transphobia, it doesn’t pedal it as the center. There’s so much more and you honestly have to detach from it all to get to what this story is: people connected like vines and weeds around each other. What a fun book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Homophobia, and Body horror

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Drug use, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Gun violence

hunkydory's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Blood, Violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Gore, Homophobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity and Emotional abuse

Minor: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Outing, Adult/minor relationship, and Transphobia

sphinxofblackquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Transphobia, Medical content, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

doomluz's review

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

This is the second book I've read by Palahniuk. I read Fight Club years ago and forgot how I liked Palahniuk’s prose. The plot was wild and kind of gross at times, but I liked the nonlinear story-telling and the plot twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Sexual content, Medical content, Transphobia, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

spookyspice's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

I know people think Guts from Haunted is the most messed up thing Palahniuk has written but from what I’ve read of his work this is actually the most disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Violence, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Self harm, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Homophobia, Car accident, Death, and Grief

whentheresteeth's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

4.75

"Find what you're afraid of most, and go live there."
I really deeply enjoyed listening to this book. It is infused with satire, which makes the harsh realities that it deals with almost comical, but that is also what makes them appear so real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Stalking, and Outing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Transphobia, and Vomit

genericvampire's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is what My Year of Rest and Relaxation wishes it could be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, and Violence

cubistvowels's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence