Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

8 reviews

kylieqrada's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

Deeply unsettling in all the best ways. If you don’t enjoy unlikeable characters, you will not like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

finleigh's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

booksofautumn's review against another edition

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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

christhecardman's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

___'s review against another edition

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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

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