Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Dövüş Kulübü by Elif Özsayar, Chuck Palahniuk

4 reviews

chapter_one_athenaeum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Chronic illness, Blood, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Violence, Drug use, Body shaming, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Abortion, Suicide, and Sexual content

nb_leftist's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

It seems to be a commentary on white supremacist right wing extremist movements and how they’re fucking idiotic, but I can’t tell if that’s what the author meant it as or not. I don’t think it really matters cause there’s not one specific thing that a story can mean and in the afterword Palahniuk even writes about how he kind of just wrote it. Either way it’s definitely a good piece of writing. It keeps you interested and it keeps moving throughout. I finished it in probably 2-3 hours and it felt like 30 minutes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Body horror, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Mental illness

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

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