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shardling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Car accident, and Rape
Moderate: Incest and Sexual assault
travisjhay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Car accident
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Rape, Death, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault
ellie_rowo's review against another edition
- 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
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
drjoeby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Drug abuse
malia7's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
noel_b's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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