Reviews tagging 'Death'

Condenada by Chuck Palahniuk

8 reviews

hardbackhoarder's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-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

4.0

I would not recommend this book to anyone but myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

siriface's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Suicide

grey_jayne's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

This was a reread and I was struggling with believing the narrator as a 13 year old girl so I listened along to Sophie Amoss on the audiobook while also reading my book. This really helped.

I do adore when Chuck Palahniuk leans into horror fantasy so this did still hook me after a while. Lurid creativity abounds with a thick layer of grime. You do need a steel stomach for these descriptions, as per usual.

Excited for the sequel now. Gonna get the print book and audiobook ready together soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, and Abortion

jenjen's review against another edition

fast-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

0.5

The books would have made more sense if the main character, 13 year old female,

was hallucinating the entire thing.

Everything would have made more sense and flowed better. Also, the main character feels the need to constantly tell the reader she’s 13 and knows “big words”. Some of the words are known by 7 year olds that she feels the need to defend, yet somehow understands other concepts adults probably don’t know. Felt like a 13 year old fever dream with no point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Modest/mild content warnings to quite literally everything. There isn’t a topic that isn’t at least briefly mentioned.

hschlecht's review against another edition

dark funny

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

imtonysturtle's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Torture, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, and Religious bigotry

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Abortion