Reviews

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk

jmcook's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

casspro's review against another edition

4.0

I think this was the novel that turned me into a die-hard Palahniuk fan. After reading Rant, I got all the Chuck the library had to offer. A gateway drug of a book.

lindseed's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

cklehughes68's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Wasn't my cup of tea.

labunnywtf's review against another edition

3.0

After Choke I said I was never going to read another Palahniuk book. But Fenie talked me into this one. I read four chapters while sitting in an adorable library in New York, and now I'm finishing it.

8-24 - Alright, my mind is officially fucked. I don't think I even understood what the hell happened in the last 40 pages or so.

This made up for Choke, by a long run. But I'm starting to wonder if the only reason I liked Fight Club is because I already had a general idea of what I was getting into because of the movie. The frenetic pace and total schizophrenic writing was so enjoyable, but would I have liked it if I didn't understand based on the movie?

Hmm.

Still not sure I'll read more Palahniuk books. But at least now I'm not ready to burn them.

moment2shine's review against another edition

4.0

i love this man.

evilyreading's review against another edition

funny informative mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love the diseases side of it, but I'm not too into cars. Still interested in his other books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

el_thor's review against another edition

3.0

Very good, very unique, but a little too much craziness for me. The farther out there it got, the more disenchanted I became. The ideas were great standing alone, but a little discombobulated when jammed together for me.

bentrevett's review

5.0

this is a greatest hits of all the themes in all of palahniuk's other books. you can basically read this one and not bother with any of his others.

eyesofcrows's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Absolute odd ball of a novel and I should’ve expected it from Palahniuk. He’s an absolute oddball haha. The minute I thought I understood how the novel was going a curveball was sent and then another and another until I’m pelted by them. It’s so hard to tell whose perspective is right after so many second hand accounts. I think that ties in to the “history” aspect of this novel. So many things get jumbled up with conspiracy and hearsay and misinterpretations because of all these darn people. I loved it. The confusion, the out of whack world, all of it.