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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
As an avid Palahniuk fan, I was ecstatic to acquire this book at his latest signing in Portland.
Unfortunately, the book felt too much as if it was pandering to a very dumb audience. The storyline was scattered and felt like it kept losing itself. It was, and this is hard for me to say about one of my favorite authors, truly boring. Not even at its most gruesome, was it engaging. He wrote pure bile and vulgarity with no tie-in's or big message or anything twisty-turny as is his trademark.
Every author has to have their flops, I suppose, and this is definitely his.
Unfortunately, the book felt too much as if it was pandering to a very dumb audience. The storyline was scattered and felt like it kept losing itself. It was, and this is hard for me to say about one of my favorite authors, truly boring. Not even at its most gruesome, was it engaging. He wrote pure bile and vulgarity with no tie-in's or big message or anything twisty-turny as is his trademark.
Every author has to have their flops, I suppose, and this is definitely his.
after the giant scene i couldn’t do it any more
It's not a bad book, but it was very hard to get past the thought I was being spoken to as if I was a child.
yet another “I think about it this often” novel. a perfect duology. I read this almost 10 years ago and I still seek a similar story written the Palahniuk way.
I was forced to read this with a book club. I read the WHOLE thing and hated every part of it. I know that Chuck Palahniuk is a very different writer and clearly he is an acquired taste. I hated all of the characters and the plots. And not in a way that you hate to love them, I was literally rolling my eyes while reading this.