Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

44 reviews

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

cwzw's review against another edition

dark funny informative tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Drug abuse

mia7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Gore

lilyaugust's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Torture, Blood, Body horror, and Death

rachels_reads1203's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

Really good. Hard to believe this was a debut novel. Definitely prefer this ending over the movie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

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

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

deepspacefine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

i read this book in one sitting. it was so captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence