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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
120 Days of Sodom if sodomy was replaced with narcissism. Repetitive, daunting and tragic
This is the fourth book I've read by Palahniuk and this was a bit tricky to get into. However, starting with "Guts" was quite interesting....I thought to myself, "What am I getting myself into?" Despite the rough and gruesome beginning it got much better, almost hard to put down at times because I just wanted to find out what happened to the people. The stories were entertaining some a little tricky to grasp at times and never really knowing what is reality and what is a story. All in all a good book just not my top pick, genre wise.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
I honestly just couldn't stomach this. It wasn't boring at all, but it was just so gross. I am not too easily disgusted either. I love the concept and wish I could have made it through because I really love Palahniuk's work.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder
DNF'd at 100 pages.
i understand being edgy and weird for the sake of being edgy and weird but at least be GOOD at it, chuckles. remember that kid in class that would always turn his eyelids inside out to creep out the girls? that's exactly what this book feels like. gross for attention but not gross enough to actually be interesting.
these stories were at least more engrossing than diary-because they were too short to really drag on- but not enough for me to trudge through another 300 pages. if you wanna be alarmed and freaked out by how awful humans can be just turn on msnbc.
i understand being edgy and weird for the sake of being edgy and weird but at least be GOOD at it, chuckles. remember that kid in class that would always turn his eyelids inside out to creep out the girls? that's exactly what this book feels like. gross for attention but not gross enough to actually be interesting.
these stories were at least more engrossing than diary-because they were too short to really drag on- but not enough for me to trudge through another 300 pages. if you wanna be alarmed and freaked out by how awful humans can be just turn on msnbc.
Not a full review, but a general response to so many other reviews here on goodreads:
WHY-- why oh why?!-- are so many people saying, in their recaps about the basic storyline, that Haunted's characters have been tricked into this horrifying situation, where all their necessities and civilized comforts have been promised but not delivered?! One of the biggest points I took from this novel, emphasized again and again in gruesome, eye-popping detail, is that these non-heroes have been wholly *provided for*. Maybe I'm completely off the map here, but to me, describing the situation as such is akin to saying the characters are all actors in a reality-TV show. I'm a bit baffled.
WHY-- why oh why?!-- are so many people saying, in their recaps about the basic storyline, that Haunted's characters have been tricked into this horrifying situation, where all their necessities and civilized comforts have been promised but not delivered?! One of the biggest points I took from this novel, emphasized again and again in gruesome, eye-popping detail, is that these non-heroes have been wholly *provided for*. Maybe I'm completely off the map here, but to me, describing the situation as such is akin to saying the characters are all actors in a reality-TV show. I'm a bit baffled.
Urgggggh, totally disturbing, why am I so compelled by this book?!
I expected better from Chuck. This was just so boring. Words for words sake.
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes