Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

13 reviews

jeffbuckleylvr'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Rape

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative slow-paced

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

3.25

I wanted to love this so bad. I usually love books about addiction and Chuck is one of my favorite authors so I figured this would be the perfect novel for me. I think that there was just way too much going on. It was hard for me to commit to one layer because there were so many layers. All of the twists were good and it definitely had the shock value of all Chuck novels. It was just a lot going on that didn’t really flow together in my opinion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Violence, Alcohol, Cancer, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Toxic friendship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

___'s review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

I understand what the author was trying to do, I just don't think the execution was quite there. The book wasn't boring per se, but I wasn't really thoroughly entertained either (for the most part). I was often reading just to finish it. 

Major takeaway here:

buy quality butt plugs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Rape, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Addiction, Infidelity, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, and Cursing

Minor: Self harm, Grief, Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

sablou53's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.5

I hated it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Addiction, Sexism, and Sexual content

chuckyinspace's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Dementia, Addiction, Mental illness, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Excrement, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexism

vulcandropout's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

0.25

I somewhat appreciate the inspiration for this book. The twists are predicatable especially if you know what fight club is.  But theres bits and pieces of incest and pedophilia in there.   Probably beastiality too.   I am also afraid of being old and did inspire me a little bit. But i cant reccomend it like r-pe play isnt good even if you are doing bc of ur trauma....its not healthy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Incest, and Rape

porporina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

wow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Car accident, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Addiction, Drug abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Eating disorder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cursing, Dementia, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Abortion, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Violence, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Infertility, and Vomit

meltates's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

Even though this was written 20+ years ago, it feels like it was written today. His quick wit and dark themes make this one you can’t put down as you try and see what happens to the main character and his relationships based on the WILD choices he makes to cope with his sex addiction & dying mother.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

mariosansav's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Medical content

Minor: Rape

word_enjoyer22's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-paced

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

3.25

Charles has returned to share with us his unrivaled sense of anarchic terrorism. He says some awful things in this book, but he also says some beautiful things. I can’t give him the benefit of the doubt, but I can appreciate the project as a whole being powerful nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Cursing, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt