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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
This book is not for me. It’s supposed to be funny, but it ain’t.
I do not think I have ever been that entertained during my morning commutes to work while reading this masterpiece. I am currently very into dark humor, and Chuck Palaniuk just served me a buffet of it. He truly is like no other.
I tried to like this, I tried really hard. It's the Breakfast Club in hell; what's not to love... the main character, that's what. If I could meet Madison and punch her in the face, I would. She is the worst, pretentious, unlikable character written in first person. And you know she's not thirteen, even if she does protest the entire book that she is in fact thirteen. She deserves to be in hell...
After hearing Palahniuk speak last month and pseudo-meeting him....I had to try another of his books. I've read: Haunted, Survivor and Fight Club. He always keeps me perplexed. Strange dude, but I'm oddly drawn to his writing. Not my typical go-to choice.
I have to say though Palahnuik is always entertaining and defintiely draws you into his bizarre world and it's various connections. I cheered young Madison on throughout her journey in hell and anticipate the sequel.
I have to say though Palahnuik is always entertaining and defintiely draws you into his bizarre world and it's various connections. I cheered young Madison on throughout her journey in hell and anticipate the sequel.
Chucky P did a great interview with Kerri Miller from Minneasota Public Radio about this book, the podcasts were on itunes - not sure if it is still there. It was part of the talking volumes series. It was more serious but still funny than the appearance I saw at the Trizzle a few years ago in conjunction with "Snuff."
His mother recently died and he wasn't able to mourn via the Catholic Church as his family had left it in the 1970s for I'm sure lots of valid reasons but he said they sort of threw out the baby with the bathwater, losing a venue to cope with death as well.
So, he decided to write a book because he missed his parents but instead of a non-fiction book about a middle-aged man missing his dead parents, he wrote fiction about a dead teenage girl missing her parents. Oh, and she is in hell and maybe she shouldn't be there.
I know this book is not in the YA part of the bookstore but I think it can fit the genre, there are some adult themes I haven't read about in the maze runner or hunger games but I think it works pretty well.
I personally believe this is his best book since "Rant." And he's never written a series but this book says, ...to be continued at the end of it.
His mother recently died and he wasn't able to mourn via the Catholic Church as his family had left it in the 1970s for I'm sure lots of valid reasons but he said they sort of threw out the baby with the bathwater, losing a venue to cope with death as well.
So, he decided to write a book because he missed his parents but instead of a non-fiction book about a middle-aged man missing his dead parents, he wrote fiction about a dead teenage girl missing her parents. Oh, and she is in hell and maybe she shouldn't be there.
I know this book is not in the YA part of the bookstore but I think it can fit the genre, there are some adult themes I haven't read about in the maze runner or hunger games but I think it works pretty well.
I personally believe this is his best book since "Rant." And he's never written a series but this book says, ...to be continued at the end of it.
dark
funny
medium-paced
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I know I’m a grownup now because Chuck doesn’t do it for me anymore
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The idea was fun, but it felt like it relied so hard on making the reader uncomfortable that it lost the ability to be either shocking or meaningful in the process