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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
dark
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's very graphic and has some twists. NOT for the weak stomachs!
trashy and gross. sometimes in an intriguing way. i like the concept and some of the stories. a woman could have done this way better! too heavily reliant on the shock factor, adding extra blood and guts and sex when a little bit of subtlety would have gone a long way. easy to read, not like ... mentally, but i mean easy to slog through. except for the last chapter, just way too boring. also could have been shorter. overall i could have given it two stars but i'm feeling generous and to be fair i was at least mildly entertained through most of it. i just felt like it fell flat in a lot of ways. there was huge potential for deep and rich characterization, subtle exploration of the themes presented, but it felt like being whacked over the head with a bowling ball again and again. i guess maybe that's Palahniuk's whole schtick but, it's not for me. i don't really feel scared or pensive or enriched in any way, i feel like i read the male equivalent of a danielle steele book (no hate to danielle steele). the scariest part about this book is that the cover glows in the dark. oh, i feel dumber for having read this.
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I really liked this book. Some parts of it were pretty amusing and it had a lot of really cool and disturbing concepts in each short story. I always kinda struggle with main plot points that make me read between the lines, so that’s not the books fault but I didn’t really understand the overall message it was trying to send.
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
So fucked up in so many ways but fairly entertaining I guess