Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

12 reviews

getlostdave's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Suicide attempt

mylou's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Abortion

marxxx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

first Palahniuk book I’ve read and I love his writing stylei. One of my favorite things about it was just how often the narrator slips into the second person for prolonged periods of time. The distance and sameness between Tyler Durden and the narrator; the distance and sameness between the narrator and you. 

Probably a lot more relatable than it should’ve been, but what can I say—I’m a working class communist insomniac who has loads of intrusive thoughts about violence and spends most of their time feeling simultaneously suicidal and terrified of death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Blood, Classism, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Self harm, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm and Murder

abrasieve's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Cancer and Gun violence

ek4therin4h's review against another edition

fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

msorce's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

The book is so-so. It is very uniquely written. It can be whatever you make it to be. According to the afterward by the author, he really didn't intend the book to be that thought provoking. My biggest issue is not with the book itself but with how society has wrongly endorsed the some of the characters as heroic. No character in this book should be idolized. It's an interesting read and I'd recommend it, I just don't know if I liked it very much. This isn't for the easily offended or faint of heart. It is very dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Any content warning that you could possibly have could fit this book.

kemrick19's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Car accident, and Mental illness

vsalvv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Violence, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

roosnf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

amyayeme's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? Yes

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship