Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

139 reviews

eyedrop's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Terminal illness

lonely_tardigrade's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Excrement, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

astrobri's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

What can I say. I love this book. I didn’t expect to like this book as much as I did. People have been telling me to watch the movie for awhile but I wanted to read the book first. There were a few parts that were pretty confusing. It starts off in the present then goes back through flashbacks. I honestly didn’t expect all of the twists in the book. There was a lot of foreshadowing but I just thought the book was going to be about something completely different than it was. 
       The book has so many strong themes along with such complexity that I didn’t expect. I think when you really dive deep into this book, you see all of the critiques about society. Some large themes include anti consumerism, enlightenment, rebellion, violence, masculinity, etc. There are different things people can take from this book and the way they interpret it. For me it was really about society, capitalism and the lack of meaning in peoples lives. People need to find what they feel strongly about. What hill are you willing to die for? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

elm45's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

greta_1251's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Suicide, Car accident, and Murder

larmaint's review against another edition

tense 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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

antidietleah's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

nneka23's review against another edition

medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

This is one of those rare times I think the movie was actually better than the book. 😬 Had a hard time following as I read and I just wasn’t very invested. It was interesting to see how the book and movie differ…but I’m not sure I would’ve gone on to watch the movie if I had read the book first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness

galaxy_cat's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

moonbeamdmercutio's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

I think you begin to like Fight Club a lot better when you realize it's a love story, amongst everything else. And what an amazing one it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Police brutality and Classism