Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Dövüş Kulübü by Elif Özsayar, Chuck Palahniuk

13 reviews

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Suicide

beccam22's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.5

If this hasn’t been spoiled go in blind. The first rule of fight club is you don’t talk about fight club 

I read the addition with Chucks afterword after the movie was made and popular and I think him describing what he made was the modern Great Gatsby fair but once I knew the “twist” I was calling it Jackle and Hyde meets Clockwork Orange. 

It was a little jarring at first not having dialogue indicated as dialogue but it really added to the story when you understood it was the same person. I’m not a huge fan of the troupe of using mental illness, specifically DID, as a twist or demonize a character for having it but I think this was done well. 

Another thing Chuck mentions in the afterword is writing in a jarring/shifting manner to disorientate the reader but giving just enough grounding points to keep the reader going and this was done exceptionally. I mentioned this to someone early on when I was reading this and for a debut this was so surprising how well written it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

whentheresteeth's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War