Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Not Forever But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk

7 reviews

j_yarbrough's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

thor's review against another edition

dark

i didn't understand a lot of it, it was particularly gross and shocking, and then the last couple of chapters had me shedding actual tears. i have no idea how to rate or review this book. i will just say that, as per the author's note,

this really is a book about pain and addiction and i think the ending articulates it really well, even if i was confused by the rest of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

snacklord's review against another edition

plot was intriguing, but the rampant incest+pedophilia was unreadable. I love most palahniuk books and I understand he likes the risque topics, but I couldn't stomach this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia

bethanrf's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Not my favourite book of his but enjoyed the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Drug use

mortisblatt's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Fairly dark and sadistic. Really running with the premise of, "if a rich family wanted to murder and rape and get away with it as often as possible, where would it go?"

anntharai's review

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Whoever wrote the blurb to this could be charged with false advertising. Theyd be aquitted I'm court, but only on a technicality. 

Sure, it is a story about a family of assasins and their whacky adventures. If by whacky adventures you mean r*ping - oh sorry "having a go on" - and murdering approximately half the people they meet. This "HILARIOUS horror satire", as per blurb, manages to funny between 1 and 3 times. One could argue that there's genuine social commentary to be had but that's true of anything if you try hard enough. 

Perhaps if they cut the sexual assault/abuse in half it would average every other page, I wish i was exaggerating.  

If it wasnt so preoccupied with winning edge lord of the year it might have been a good and interesting story. As it is, it's not particularly good or interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

catriona176's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, and Pregnancy