Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

2 reviews

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

___'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