1.79k reviews for:

Haunted: A Novel of Stories

Chuck Palahniuk

3.4 AVERAGE

kawaiigoff's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

hplazarin14's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ruerosa's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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What an absolute delight! #JusticeforCoraAndrews (the cat and the person)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

headfirstforhalos's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-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

fergoose's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

trekkie1999's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

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Def had to take a few breaks because t was extremely gory, but I liked the general idea! If you like crazy short stories, you'll love this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder

mauracullen's review against another edition

4.0

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Palahniuk is such an imaginative writer. I had heard over and over again that this book was so graphic and disgusting that people fainted during public readings of it. While it was both of those things, I was totally engrossed in it and able to get through the gross stuff. I really enjoyed reading this cohesive collection of very dark and twisted stories.

vvandivier's review against another edition

1.0

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This was meh.

kapgar's review against another edition

3.0

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For a group of struggling writers, the promise of a secluded, three-month writers' retreat held promise above all things they could have ever asked for. However, their situation quickly goes south when they enter a fortress of an old theater that is to serve as their retreat locale and are locked in. Only one man has the power to let them out and he won't give up without a fight. As the days and weeks pass, certain aspects of life on their retreat worsen to the point where they start to take out their frustration on themselves and others and corpses are left where once stood a living writer. Each chapter of the book is broken up into a short segment about the authors' lives in the theater and then followed by a poem written anonymously about a particular character in the unfolding story and is then followed by a short story written by that same person about something that has happened in their lives that helps to define who they have become. This is a very intriguing novel and yet, at the same time, contains Palahniuk's trademark violence and gory imagery. It begins with the very first short story by a character named Saint Gut-Free (each character has a persona name instead of a real name save for the two people in charge of the retreat). If you have a weak stomach, don't buy this. If you are willing to dare the occasional churning gut, give it a shot. It's interesting entertainment.

khazbin's review against another edition

2.75

dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes