Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dövüş Kulübü by Elif Özsayar, Chuck Palahniuk

112 reviews

kaitoro_walker13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

Shocking, dark and horribly disturbing, I loved this book. The

plot twist at the end, where he finds that Tyler is just part of his imagination, and that he's schizophrenic

was incredible. What a read, great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

getlostdave's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Suicide attempt

ru_th's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.75

That old saying, how you always kill the one you love, well, look, it works both ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Body horror, Violence, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Terminal illness

christina_huseth's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Split Personality meets cult leader of a regime army that follows a bunch of rules. Can’t really talk about it though, because of the first rule.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

betymercury's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

mylou's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Abortion

jilianluk's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

went into this expecting a book abt masculinity and got a book about terrorism. somehow unsurprised

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Death, and Suicide

finleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mental illness

greenrequiem's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mental illness

gniu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Cancer, Gore, Terminal illness, and Violence