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3.05 AVERAGE
3.05 AVERAGE
dark
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While I'm glad to have gotten a taste of Chuck Palahniuk's mid-career work, nothing here surprised me. As usually emphasized from his perspective, human bodies are disgusting, yes yes. Underground enterprises run on fumes of toxicity and shockingly copious amounts of violence/mutilation. No matter the perspective, observations of women quickly vascillated from adoring to repulsed. The abhorrent attention to detail was mildly funny. However I've grown so accustomed to Palahniuk's rhythms that I called the plot twists out about midway through.
changed my mind since i originally rated and decided to give it 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 here.
this is the second of palahniuk’s books that i’ve read (fight club being the first), and it did exactly all the things right that i also adored about fight club. twists and turns. vulgarity. insanity. wonderful writing. the use of the “you” perspective. and, possibly my favourite aspect of his writing, something that i have started to call “inside jokes”, or, to say it normally, the use of repetitions. the use of callbacks to earlier parts in the book. it’s just so incredibly fantastic, i wish i owned all of his books so i could devour them one by one.
this is the second of palahniuk’s books that i’ve read (fight club being the first), and it did exactly all the things right that i also adored about fight club. twists and turns. vulgarity. insanity. wonderful writing. the use of the “you” perspective. and, possibly my favourite aspect of his writing, something that i have started to call “inside jokes”, or, to say it normally, the use of repetitions. the use of callbacks to earlier parts in the book. it’s just so incredibly fantastic, i wish i owned all of his books so i could devour them one by one.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well... I read it. I sure did read it. And it was read. By me even!
Not good. Not terrible but I cant imagine i'll be talking about this book for years to come
Not good. Not terrible but I cant imagine i'll be talking about this book for years to come
dark
funny
medium-paced
I have been on a Chuck Palahniuk kick lately. I’ve enjoyed most of his work so far... I like the daringness of subject matter and what he was trying to do with this one but it didn’t work for me on a lot of different levels. Most of his characters sounded exactly the same to me.
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content