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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I don't remember when I read it but I know it was during senior year. :)
Because it has been so long, I don't have any information to volunteer on this, sorry. :(
Because it has been so long, I don't have any information to volunteer on this, sorry. :(
challenging
dark
funny
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
I don't know how to give this a star rating because it was an Experience but I would only recommend it to like, very specific people.
nasty lmao. originally dnf’d after almost fainting reading chapter one, but was so morbidly curious that i picked it back up. and it wasn’t really worth it. the quality is all over the place, and the characters are so flat you can’t even feel disgusted by their actions. like ok flat stanley is murderer? he is also a piece of paper am i supposed to be scared of him? ultimately lame.
dark
funny
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:
Complicated
A warning for anyone unfamiliar with his work, Chucky P writes some deeply disturbing stories and “Haunted” is surely one of his most graphic compilations.
The first time I ever heard the short story "Guts” it came straight from the author's own lips in a crowded Borders Bookstore. By the time the story was finished, six people had fainted. (The best body count at a single event yet.) When I showed up I hadn’t seen the popular movie “Fight Club”, let alone read the book. I was a Chuck-virgin. All that changed when he stood up and asked us to take a deep breath and began reading “Guts”… As the story progressed I searched nearby faces and saw shock, disgust, nausea, amusement and horror – all on the same face and at the same time. Truly this was a gifted story teller.
“Guts” was my first encounter with Chuck Palahniuk and certainly an unforgettable one at that. I’ll admit I didn’t get around to reading “Stranger Than Fiction” the book being plugged at the book signing – but I did consume all of his fictional pieces I could find over the following months.
“Haunted” was later released and included “Guts” among 23 stories, prose and a running narrative. The book follows each character on a 3 month writers retreat gone awry. Of course, we won’t be reading about our writers sipping margaritas in hammocks by the sea or pacing the floor of cozy cabins snuggled away in a snow covered forest - no, this will be much more interesting. Much more violent. Much more memorable.
The first time I ever heard the short story "Guts” it came straight from the author's own lips in a crowded Borders Bookstore. By the time the story was finished, six people had fainted. (The best body count at a single event yet.) When I showed up I hadn’t seen the popular movie “Fight Club”, let alone read the book. I was a Chuck-virgin. All that changed when he stood up and asked us to take a deep breath and began reading “Guts”… As the story progressed I searched nearby faces and saw shock, disgust, nausea, amusement and horror – all on the same face and at the same time. Truly this was a gifted story teller.
“Guts” was my first encounter with Chuck Palahniuk and certainly an unforgettable one at that. I’ll admit I didn’t get around to reading “Stranger Than Fiction” the book being plugged at the book signing – but I did consume all of his fictional pieces I could find over the following months.
“Haunted” was later released and included “Guts” among 23 stories, prose and a running narrative. The book follows each character on a 3 month writers retreat gone awry. Of course, we won’t be reading about our writers sipping margaritas in hammocks by the sea or pacing the floor of cozy cabins snuggled away in a snow covered forest - no, this will be much more interesting. Much more violent. Much more memorable.
challenging
dark
slow-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
This book was a miserable experience. It feels like the amalgamation of story ideas created by a 16-year old trying to scare their peers by writing the most foul things to come to mind was smashed together with a loose thread of a "plot" and called a novel. These are stories that teenage boys sit around a campfire coming up with in an attempt to get the most negative reaction from their friends. If this book was kept to that - a collection of short stories - it would garner more respect from me. Instead it attempts to tie all of these atrocities together with the false confidence you would expect from the same previously mentioned teenage boys.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, Racism, Excrement, Religious bigotry, War, Classism
