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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Quando penso che ormai Palahniuk si è inventato tutto mi trovo sempre tra le mani una sorpresa, tipo questa.
Rabbia è uscito parecchio tempo fa, ma per una serie di ragioni l'ho letto solo ora, e me ne pento.
Micidiale, catastrofico, visionario, distopico e quant'altro. Questo libro fa paura per quanto è bello, ma non è per tutti, astenersi anime candide e semplici, il vostro mondo non sarà più lo stesso dopo; come mi era successo anche dopo Survivor l'autore apre la porta alla mia paranoia.
Epidemie e viaggi nel tempo non hanno niente in comune fino a quando non si aggiunge un portale ed eccoci catapultati in un mondo alternativo in cui tre generazioni di donne partoriscono sempre lo stesso figlio.
La cosa particolare di questo libro poi, almeno per me, è che per le prime 100 pagine sembra un libro "normale", niente fantascienza solo un'agghiacciante famiglia americana di una landa rurale, e poi si aprono una serie di scenari seriamente preoccupanti.
Imperdibile!
Rabbia è uscito parecchio tempo fa, ma per una serie di ragioni l'ho letto solo ora, e me ne pento.
Micidiale, catastrofico, visionario, distopico e quant'altro. Questo libro fa paura per quanto è bello, ma non è per tutti, astenersi anime candide e semplici, il vostro mondo non sarà più lo stesso dopo; come mi era successo anche dopo Survivor l'autore apre la porta alla mia paranoia.
Epidemie e viaggi nel tempo non hanno niente in comune fino a quando non si aggiunge un portale ed eccoci catapultati in un mondo alternativo in cui tre generazioni di donne partoriscono sempre lo stesso figlio.
La cosa particolare di questo libro poi, almeno per me, è che per le prime 100 pagine sembra un libro "normale", niente fantascienza solo un'agghiacciante famiglia americana di una landa rurale, e poi si aprono una serie di scenari seriamente preoccupanti.
Imperdibile!
This book is not for the faint of heart. It's pretty disturbing and graphic. However, the plot is just mind-blowing in its complexity and there's a biting, cynical humor throughout. Hours later, I am still thinking and trying to really figure out this book.
Out there even by Palahniuk standards. Ambitious premise but it doesn’t quite work.
I can't get enough Chuck Palahniuk. For so many reasons, this book rocked my socks off. Just like all the rest of his books, you start the book with a highly self-destructive main character and a hint of what's at the end. In this case, we know from the start that Rant is some kind of mass-infector and everyone knows it. Furthermore, he is dead. The story is told as an oral history from the perspectives of people who knew him, so you get childhood friends talking about the pranks they pulled in their hometown, the town doctor talking about how he must have been a popular boy since there were like 42 female cases of rabies on only one male case, and people he meets as an adult who crash cars on purpose, and anthropologists talking about why people would crash cars on purpose, and epidemiologists listing all the historic plagues and comparing werewolf legends to people infected with rabies. So imagine all these awesome little vignettes being thrown at you and then towards the end, an entirely new twist comes out of nowhere that makes you want to start reading it again from the beginning like when you watched Fight Club. Yay!
totally weird, but absolutely engaging & a perfect bizarre-o book.
Another gem from the man who is probably my favorite contemporary author. Buster "Rant" Casey's adventures are unbelievable. Every episode of this many-layered biography left me slack-jawed and shaking my head at the brilliance of Palahniuk's imagination. The rabies years... appalling and hilarious. Party Crashing... appalling, hilarious and brilliant. And what can I say about the mind-bending time-travel twist near the end? I also liked the way Chuck used the convention of testimonials from people close to the protagonist to piece the story together from multiple points of view. Overall, a beautifully imagined and written story, very close to the top of my favorite Palahniuk novels list.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loved this book. I didn't expect anything and it was SO interesting.
There will be no 88 miles per hour, nor will there be a Doctor Brown to remind you of what might happen if you go back and mess with the time stream.
Time travel and an insane time traveller who enjoys spreading rabies to his friends who are also forced to live at night. Oh, did I forget to mention that in the future, overpopulation has forced humanity into choosing who gets to live during the day and who gets to make their living during the night?
Time travel and an insane time traveller who enjoys spreading rabies to his friends who are also forced to live at night. Oh, did I forget to mention that in the future, overpopulation has forced humanity into choosing who gets to live during the day and who gets to make their living during the night?
Il libro parte in quarta nel classico stile Pahalaniuk ma pagina dopo pagina il libro perde di spinta e il ritmo cala. Cmq un buon libro con un interessante stile di narrazione "orale".
The end of this made me want to read the entire book again, which I guess is how I usually feel with each Palahniuk book.