Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

8 reviews

booksofautumn's review

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

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

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

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.75

This is one weird book. Like passing an accident,  I couldn't look away. Sex addiction,  dementia,  mental illness,  and two characters that work at a living history museum create a story that includes looking back at childhood memories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, Dementia, Mental illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Child abuse

porporina's review

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

soraydiant's review

dark funny sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Dementia

Moderate: Ableism, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Rape

Minor: Excrement

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content and Rape

Minor: Incest, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cancer, and Eating disorder

hannakutlu's review

dark funny sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Dementia