Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

8 reviews

shawn_martines's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-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

2.75

This book is ahead of its time, but not for everyone: a story of self discovery written with LGBTQIA+ characters but full of Gay Wrongs instead of gay rights. This story is written in a way that the message could be championed by the wrong people and I could not get that out of my head. I appreciate the humour and the fast paced adventure, but this book quickly jumps into a statement that is drawn out long enough to fumble a safe landing. I left the story thinking, "what did I just read?" but not in an awestruck way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Ableism, Biphobia, Pedophilia, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Car accident, Body horror, Grief, Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Drug use, Blood, Gore, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

ohsnapsabrina93_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Infidelity, Transphobia, Blood, Hate crime, and Violence

jeremie's review against another edition

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

4.75

This and “Fight Club” should be talked about in the same breath.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Drug abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest and Eating disorder

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

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

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

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