Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

2 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