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Apsēstie

Chuck Palahniuk

3.4 AVERAGE


This one was definitely messed up, but I knew that going in. C’mon, it’s the author of Fight Club. Of course it’s messed up. It’s so messed up, even I almost gave up after the pool story. It’s gross, offensive, vile, disgusting, and does not have a happy ending. And I loved it.

Yeah. I’m warped.

The personal short stories were interesting and strong, but the present day interactions with the characters stretched a bit. It was a bit difficult to keep track of all the characters as well. However, with that being said, I think the book was fascinating and original, full of wonderfully disgusting stories that I never would have imagined on my own.

It was fine, the horror elements were pretty good but there was a lot of annoying stuff in this story. The whole main story couldve been scrapped honestly. I don’t care about it even a little bit and the metaphor it’s playing out is very tired and obvious. Would’ve loved this book if it was half as long and just a straight up anthology of gross stories!
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Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
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dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

If a chorus line was extremely dark and vile