Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

22 reviews

vexant's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Chronic illness, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Gun violence, and Murder

breadbummer's review

dark funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I...truly do not know how to feel about this book. I know there are tons of people out there arguing about whether this glorifies toxic masculinity or is the best book/movie ever (by *cough* cishet able-bodied white men who somehow got the idea that society wasn't specifically built for and around them *cough*); very obviously, I don't agree with that second statement, though this story has the elements of taking itself seriously and, at the same time, parodying itself. "Fight Club" really reminds me of the song 'Two Trucks" in this way: what is more masculine than explosions, lack of individuality, senseless violence, hating women, and having literal balls? All of that crammed together into a single can, that's what. For sure, it's a ridiculous story (filled with some great chemistry lessons, I might add), but it's a bit too sobering to know how many white men don't realize this. That is, even if Palahniuk IS poking fun at these types of people, how effective can that message be if no one's reading between the lines?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Stalking, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Grief, Fatphobia, and Vomit

meganashlee27's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Chronic illness, and Fire/Fire injury

lindsgiovannone's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Murder, Suicide, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

ru_th's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

That old saying, how you always kill the one you love, well, look, it works both ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Body horror, Violence, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Terminal illness

gniu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Cancer, Gore, Terminal illness, and Violence

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

curious_cucumber's review

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The book appealed to the inner-violent part of me. I will not forget how it made me feel and what that says about me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Violence

julianfromme's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Terminal illness

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Cancer, and Blood