Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk

5 reviews

strrygo'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Incest, Rape, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicide

ellie_rowo's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Cursing, Death, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, and Animal death

Moderate: Ableism, Car accident, Blood, and Addiction

Minor: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicide

malia7's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

noel_b's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

You've heard of books with an unreliable narrator, get ready for a book with dozens of them.
The experience of reading Rant is squinting at the page, thinking "I can tell you're fucking with me, but I'm not sure how". Then you think you know, but you were wrong. And then you were right. Maybe.

This book is an oral history of Rant Casey, who is could be a serial killer. And a rabies superspreader. Possibly. Just a violently weird dude. After his very publicized death, we get the collective testimony of all that knew him (or not), piecing together his improbable life. The format may be hard to get into, especially at the beginning when there's not much to anchor yourself, it feels a bit disconnected,  but a few pages in you get used to it. I definitely think the middle of the book is the strongest and while I enjoyed the ending, it did fall a bit flat for me.

There are some graphic "gross-out" sequences, unexpectedly funny moments, clever satire and twisty plot... everything you expect from a Palahniuk novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Medical trauma, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Ableism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Rape, Mental illness, Incest, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

aenys's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

why is rant so fucking HOT. do not read any reviews just go into this 100% blind (mind the content warnings though, this is still a palahniuk). this is an insanely fun covid read

the most perfect fairy tale for adults who went through puberty reading homestuck and now study pathology

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Gore, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death