Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Fight club by Chuck Palahniuk

29 reviews

abrasieve's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Cancer and Gun violence

vsalvv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Violence, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

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

roosnf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

cianarae's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

So iconic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Mental illness, Body horror, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Cancer, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion

maxella's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Gross, grotesque, terrifiying yet so needed. A good shake up, an ice bath, the realization of "yeah, everything is fucked" but like in a good way?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

abbieinwonderland's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Body shaming, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion

yasmin_raev's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Toxic relationship and Vomit

angelicathebookworm's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What I enjoyed the most about Palahniuk’s novel is that it’s a satire, a social commentary on the effects that consumerism has on the people of society and it could ultimately lead to. It contains many relevant hard truths such as that of masculinity and what that looks like in contemporary society. Despite not knowing much about the characters and not really getting any opportunity to empathise with them, they are distinct which is especially important in a novel that’s as complicated as this one. That’s especially true for the character of Tyler Durden who is the embodiment of the Id, the part of the unconscious mind that is free to do anything and everything if you allow it to.

I should preface this section by saying that what you’re about to read is not of my personal criticisms but rather aspects of the novel that have, and will continue to, split the opinion of readers. These are things that you should definitely consider before deciding whether or not to read this book. First of all, the writing style is not to everyone’s taste. It’s choppy, repetitive, and downright confusing but it is absolutely necessary within the context of this particular novel as it mimics the thought process of our unreliable unnamed narrator. Also, the storyline is quite erratic and messy as our narrator jumps from scene to scene which, again, is quite confusing. There are also some quite graphic descriptions threaded throughout which is another thing to consider. While I agree with these particular descriptions of the novel’s plot and writing style, I actually enjoyed all of these aspects but I can still see why many readers disliked them. I should probably add that I’d watched the film before I’d read the novel and I believe that that meant I was less confused with what was going on and therefore able to enjoy the novel more than I might have done.
 
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Self harm, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Death, and Terminal illness