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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
It must be good if I'm about to read it for the third time.
Palahniuk aggressively confronts his reader, much like DFW. He fights with the reader, intentionally obscuring simple and critical elements of the plot line as a challenge. I like the activeness he created out of what is usually a passive relationship. This is a fascinating book and the glimpses we get into the world in which we are quite literally dumped is incomplete, sometimes unsatisfying, and ultimately rather amazing. There are far more questions than answers and the ending IS unsatisfying. If he's setting it up for a sequel, I'd bristle. But I loved the writing and the concepts are creative, frightening and hysterically funny.
I rated this book three out of five stars because I enjoyed the book, but I will not read it again or recommend it to a friend.
One of my friends is a big Palahniuk fan, so she lent me Fight Club and this book to read. I've had both of them for just about a month, and I'm just now finishing this one because, while it's interesting, it's not exactly a page-turner.
One of my friends is a big Palahniuk fan, so she lent me Fight Club and this book to read. I've had both of them for just about a month, and I'm just now finishing this one because, while it's interesting, it's not exactly a page-turner.
I liked this book more and more as it went on. The format was fantastic for the story. If you're going to have such a twisty book then filling it with completely unreliable narrators makes everything waaay more fun.
If this book was separateness into subjects then there were a few subjects that I really didn't enjoy. Party Crashing felt ridiculous and annoying. It could just be that I hate Echo and Shot, but I don't think so. Some of the stuff in Middleton was absolutely disgusting. There was actually a lot of disgusting crap in this book. The rabies stuff was fun and the twists and theories that certain characters had were the highlights.
Spoilers follow (they will ruin the book if you haven't read it, ask me if you want some light spoilers and I'll help you with that.):
Also I don't think Charles Casey, the one who killed Echo's parents was Chet. Maybe it was Green... I'm more than a little confused about that.
If this book was separateness into subjects then there were a few subjects that I really didn't enjoy. Party Crashing felt ridiculous and annoying. It could just be that I hate Echo and Shot, but I don't think so. Some of the stuff in Middleton was absolutely disgusting. There was actually a lot of disgusting crap in this book. The rabies stuff was fun and the twists and theories that certain characters had were the highlights.
Spoilers follow (they will ruin the book if you haven't read it, ask me if you want some light spoilers and I'll help you with that.):
Spoiler
Let's get right down to it. I firmly believe that Chet is Rant. I know this is what we're supposed to believe, so it's probably not true, or at least not completely true, but that's just how I feel. It's possible that they're the same character from different timelines or something like that, but that's a can of infinite that I don't want to open. I'm less sure about Green. I want to believe that he's Chet when he's old and crazy, but it doesn't seem likely and it makes the book more than a little screwed upAlso I don't think Charles Casey, the one who killed Echo's parents was Chet. Maybe it was Green... I'm more than a little confused about that.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Raw and completely nuts, was actually very entertaining and it bends your mind in so many different ways. Liked it a lot!
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
I am due for a reread desperately but this is one of my favourite books. Conceptually as a sad teenager the ability to live totally at night was immensely appealing as was the idea that a car crash could bring a person to ecstasy.
While I can see why a lot of Chucks work has the reputation it does and don’t know how many I would revisit out of high-school this is the exception for me.
While I can see why a lot of Chucks work has the reputation it does and don’t know how many I would revisit out of high-school this is the exception for me.
Okay, maybe I've just read enough of Chuck Palahniuk's works, but the twist in this one was something that you could easily figure out by the middle of the book. There wasn't the typical mind-bending event/revelation towards the end that I've come to expect of his books. This one was good . . . I mean, it took me maybe three days to read it, because it was interesting. It just . . . didn't really go anywhere after you figured out the "twist", if you can even call it that, in the middle of the story. So . . . I'd say decent, but definitely not one of his best.
First Palahniuk novel I've read and I don't know if it's just his thing that I'm not feeling or this book. I understand being thrown into a book and not fully grasping the 'culture', but not being introduced 'til well into the book is another.
The first half of the book was like pulling teeth for me. Once I understood wtf was going on (for the most part) I could hang.
The first half of the book was like pulling teeth for me. Once I understood wtf was going on (for the most part) I could hang.