Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Dövüş Kulübü by Elif Özsayar, Chuck Palahniuk

40 reviews

marxxx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Classism, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder and Self harm

calandra_hudson's review against another edition

funny informative mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and 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

cassiegolden's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Gore, Body horror, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

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

peytonliveslife's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Suicide

jeremie'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Stalking

sidekicksam's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

The first rule of fight club is you don’t talk about fight club.

I think this line has become legendary, mostly through the cult-status the movie adaptation has gotten over the years. I have seen the movie myself before, and decided to give the book a go after having it for a few years.

I’m unsure of what I think of the book. Though I appreciated it, I am very sure I was not part of the target audience. Also, I could not let the twist from the movie go (iykyk) and that affected the reading experience so much for me, that I found it difficult to read and love the book as much as I would had I not known the outcome.

The writing style was engaging throughout though, and though it was published mid-90’s, most issues addressed are still relevant today.

If you have not seen the movie yet (how?) I would recommend you start with the book. If you have seen the movie but are better at letting things go than I am, you will also appreciate this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Blood, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

lilyaugust's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Torture, Blood, Body horror, and Death

roosnf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content