Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Dövüş Kulübü by Elif Özsayar, Chuck Palahniuk

47 reviews

abrasieve's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Cancer and Gun violence

whatwentwrong1177's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Car accident, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

lostboylio's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I know this because Tyler knows this.

i need a few hours - or weeks perhaps - to recover from this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

curious_cucumber's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The book appealed to the inner-violent part of me. I will not forget how it made me feel and what that says about me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Violence

somelibrarychick's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Cancer, Blood, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt

terorr's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Cancer, and Blood

vsalvv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Violence, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

sandybree7's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

kingcrookback's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

So, ultimately, I do prefer Fincher's adaptation to the book--though whether or not that's because I watched the movie before I read the book bears some more consideration. For some reason, though, I was surprised how good of a creative choice it was, to translate the narrator's distinctive (might we say, "iconic"?) voice into voiceover. First-person POV does not voiceover necessitate, generally. The themes of toxic masculinity and the futility of grasping for meaning in this era of capitalism also carried over well, though I felt that they're much more present in the novel.

And speaking of themes that are much more present in the novel, the gay undertones. To be fair, they're not entirely absent from the film, but the blowjob imagery in the opening chapter is blunt enough that it'd take either willful ignorance or the possession of some aggressively heterosexual blinkers to miss it. As for the rest of the book, well--a unspoken, unacknowledged club of people whose membership is secret but whom you recognize and understand on a certain level? Sounds familiar.

I don't recommend skipping the afterword.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Murder