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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
-i liked the writting style (semi-overlapping oral history)but was doing plenty of heavy-lidded blinking and thinking "WHAT?" toward the end. it's a little rough.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
quite possibly one of my favorite books of all time.
To write a Palahniuk novel, mix three things that may fascinate men. In this case, it is rabies, time travel, and car crashes. He writes pulp, but enjoyable pulp. The format the story was told in, an oral biography, was interesting.
dark
funny
tense
I consider reading this book an exercise in critical thinking as I try to wrap my mind around the events revealed toward the end. With the second reading I finally have it. This is still my favorite of his books. Did you enjoy it too? Read it at least twice. Excellent!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
To keep it brief...the first 150 or so pages really sucked me in and then...it...just...dragged. I was not interested. I really just completely stopped caring or even wanting to pick it up.
I totally didn't care about any of the storyline not having to do directly with Rant. There's waaay to much side information to detract from that core story and to make it just that little bit more unbearable when reading.
Also, this book makes me realize even more than the previous ones what a one-trick-pony Palahniuk really is. The vile descriptions feel forced - as if the whole nature of including them is to add shock value to an otherwise flat story.
A big ol' "Meh" all around.
I totally didn't care about any of the storyline not having to do directly with Rant. There's waaay to much side information to detract from that core story and to make it just that little bit more unbearable when reading.
Also, this book makes me realize even more than the previous ones what a one-trick-pony Palahniuk really is. The vile descriptions feel forced - as if the whole nature of including them is to add shock value to an otherwise flat story.
A big ol' "Meh" all around.