Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

4 reviews

ssconsequat's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

The highs were okay and the lows were 2000s pop culture misogyny

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny and Sexual assault

porporina's review against another edition

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: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

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

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