Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

19 reviews

julianfromme's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

i’m really fond of how distinct chuck palahniuk’s style is!! this was really fun and an interesting departure from what i usually read. the amount of plot twists were insane! the end felt a little tiny bit cheesy to me, but it fits shannon’s character so well, i don’t even mind. this would make a sick movie.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual assault

venidasdemarzo's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Gun violence and Incest

ohsnapsabrina93_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, and Grief

evilyreading's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am living for the chaos

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Homophobia

violetstarling's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

grunbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Whenever I read a book by Chuck Palahniuk I can only describe my reaction with that one clip of Brian David Gilbert going ‘What the f***’?!’. For me this picked up over half way, but it’s not a bad read. Definitely interesting with plenty of surprises, which is what you’d expect! It just didn’t have its hook in me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

anicemyth's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

1.0

This is the most hateful book I have ever read. I get the feeling Palahniuk hates women and despises trans women especially. I don't recommend this book. Scrolling through kiwifarms will have a similar effect. The ending simply sucked shit. It felt like he got to the climax of the story, when "oh god oh fuck i need to end this somehow" and farted out the most pitiful ending of any novel I've read - ZERO payoff for having read 300 pages of nigh-hatespeech. Disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Incest

proustesto_o's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad slow-paced

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

2.75

I was not ready for this book. It's just so unique and so unlike all the other books I've ever read. The prose is unique, the stream of consciousness was interesting to read. I hated everyone in this book, but it was in the view of the person who hated everybody in this book, including herself. So that's to be expected. I really liked the ending, and it was a very good ending. It was a cathartic ending that really wrapped the book up. I plan to reread this so that it makes a lot more sense. So not a total waste of time. Thank you, Chuck, for the unique reading experience, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

jeremie's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

this and “fight club” should be talked about in the same breath

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Eating disorder and Incest

kelsie_brynh's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, and Transphobia