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Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

11 reviews

vince30's review against another edition

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

charlottemarie17's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria

perth_is's review against another edition

4.75

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

venidasdemarzo's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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her face got eaten by birds

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria

Minor: Gun violence, Incest

grunbean's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Whenever I read a book by Chuck Palahniuk I can only describe my reaction with that one clip of Brian David Gilbert going ‘What the f***’?!’. For me this picked up over half way, but it’s not a bad read. Definitely interesting with plenty of surprises, which is what you’d expect! It just didn’t have its hook in me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

updownwrong's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

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

spookyspice's review

3.5

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

bookworm247's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

whentheresteeth's review against another edition

4.75

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

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

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

genericvampire's review

5.0

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

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Content Warnings

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