Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Dövüş Kulübü by Elif Özsayar, Chuck Palahniuk

4 reviews

sobake_cih's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-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

4.75

It’s one of my fav books since my teens, so I’m very biased. But reading it now so many years later gave me so much more to think about. A truly iconic book.

It’s a lot more dark and twisted than the film, and many issues in society and the world in general mentioned and discussed in the book are very present to this day, even though it was published almost 30 years ago. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Gun violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Cancer, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Vomit

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

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

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