Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

16 reviews

malia7's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Sexual content

word_enjoyer22's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-paced

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

3.25

Charles has returned to share with us his unrivaled sense of anarchic terrorism. He says some awful things in this book, but he also says some beautiful things. I can’t give him the benefit of the doubt, but I can appreciate the project as a whole being powerful nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

librayrian's review against another edition

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, Dementia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Rape, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Excrement

brittthebull93's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death of parent

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

Moderate: Rape and Medical content

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

barbbok's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction