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2.78 AVERAGE
2.78 AVERAGE
Maybe should not have been my first Palahniuk book ??
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pure mayhem and insanity from cover to cover. Then you read the author's note at the end, and everything clicks and it's incredibly brilliant. Many of the negative reviews I've read about this book seem to be from people who neglected to read this short but vital statement.
dark
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*I feel like to write this review I do have to rant a tiny bit so please bare with me. I quite frankly don’t understand reviewers and rating books lower when not understanding the material or just not vibing with it. This is VERY Chuck Palahniuk and should be taken into consideration. I get everyone has opinions but to come in here saying it was just bad blows my mind. There are certain genres I don’t like but to call them poorly written would be an injustice to the authour. Reviews imo are for finding the correct fan base for readers and to help people find the right books for them rather than to trash artists visions.*
ANNNYYYWAAAYY, this is the epitome of a Chuck Palahniuk book and if you like his stylistic writing, why aren’t you reading this book already? Tonally it reminds me so much like A Clockwork Orange and What We Do Is Secret had a baby. Taking POV from a young child/brother in a family of, let’s face it, fucked up murdering psycho killers, this book goes OFF.
Palahniuk has such a clever way of writing that continually blows my mind. Through his use of repetition, slang, and a child’s mind, he is able to take us through a Bildungsroman that will make you welcome your tame existence. Poignant and raucously funny, clever and wholly uniquely itself. If you can get down with the pointed writing style and let it flow through you instead of battling against it, you will see the wisdom and nuance in its entirety.
This will definitely not be for everybody which is perfectly fair, but find your fucked up friend who tells you too much about enemas and conspiracy theories because they will love you forever for introducing them to the mind fuck that is Chuck Palahniuk.
I’ll be adding some favourite quotes soon to this review because I highlighted SO much.*
ANNNYYYWAAAYY, this is the epitome of a Chuck Palahniuk book and if you like his stylistic writing, why aren’t you reading this book already? Tonally it reminds me so much like A Clockwork Orange and What We Do Is Secret had a baby. Taking POV from a young child/brother in a family of, let’s face it, fucked up murdering psycho killers, this book goes OFF.
Palahniuk has such a clever way of writing that continually blows my mind. Through his use of repetition, slang, and a child’s mind, he is able to take us through a Bildungsroman that will make you welcome your tame existence. Poignant and raucously funny, clever and wholly uniquely itself. If you can get down with the pointed writing style and let it flow through you instead of battling against it, you will see the wisdom and nuance in its entirety.
This will definitely not be for everybody which is perfectly fair, but find your fucked up friend who tells you too much about enemas and conspiracy theories because they will love you forever for introducing them to the mind fuck that is Chuck Palahniuk.
I’ll be adding some favourite quotes soon to this review because I highlighted SO much.*
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
i didn't understand a lot of it, it was particularly gross and shocking, and then the last couple of chapters had me shedding actual tears. i have no idea how to rate or review this book. i will just say that, as per the author's note, this really is a book about pain and addiction and i think the ending articulates it really well, even if i was confused by the rest of the novel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Murder
medium-paced
dark
funny
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Incest, Sexual violence, Murder