Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

7 reviews

perth_is's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

ily brandy alexander 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

shawn_martines's review against another edition

dark funny sad 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

2.75

This book is ahead of its time, but not for everyone: a story of self discovery written with LGBTQIA+ characters but full of Gay Wrongs instead of gay rights. This story is written in a way that the message could be championed by the wrong people and I could not get that out of my head. I appreciate the humour and the fast paced adventure, but this book quickly jumps into a statement that is drawn out long enough to fumble a safe landing. I left the story thinking, "what did I just read?" but not in an awestruck way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

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

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

eyesofcrows's review

dark emotional 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

Confusing to start with because of the nonlinear timeline but God does it reward you when you start connecting the timeline. Though there’s stuff about homophobia and transphobia, it doesn’t pedal it as the center. There’s so much more and you honestly have to detach from it all to get to what this story is: people connected like vines and weeds around each other. What a fun book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Homophobia, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Grief, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Kidnapping

spookyspice's review

challenging dark 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

3.5

I know people think Guts from Haunted is the most messed up thing Palahniuk has written but from what I’ve read of his work this is actually the most disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

whentheresteeth's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

"Find what you're afraid of most, and go live there."
I really deeply enjoyed listening to this book. It is infused with satire, which makes the harsh realities that it deals with almost comical, but that is also what makes them appear so real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Police brutality, Stalking, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Transphobia, Vomit, and Dysphoria