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kelleyincontext 's review for:
Haunted
by Chuck Palahniuk
A group of writers go to a retreat where they are basically sequestered away for 3 months in the winter- to enhance their writing abilities. As they spend more time in the house, the host removes more and more from them (food, hot water, heating) and they fall deeper into madness.
One writer spoke about the need to slow down and focus and I really identified with that but this isn't the only way to do that...
For me, this book went from being boring to intriguing to disgusting- in a twisted cyclical dance.
**spoiler**
The funniest and grossest parts to me were-
1. When the writers were yelling but didn't want to be too loud so that passerby would rescue them- they do not want to be rescued. They want to fall deeper into their creativity in this unorthodox way.
2. When the writers decided to maim themselves so that they could spin the story of their willing captivity into being a kidnapping by their host- to make it a good story for the media.
3. The Guts, Swan Song, and Speaking Bitterness chapters. (grossest to me personally)
One writer spoke about the need to slow down and focus and I really identified with that but this isn't the only way to do that...
For me, this book went from being boring to intriguing to disgusting- in a twisted cyclical dance.
**spoiler**
The funniest and grossest parts to me were-
1. When the writers were yelling but didn't want to be too loud so that passerby would rescue them- they do not want to be rescued. They want to fall deeper into their creativity in this unorthodox way.
2. When the writers decided to maim themselves so that they could spin the story of their willing captivity into being a kidnapping by their host- to make it a good story for the media.
3. The Guts, Swan Song, and Speaking Bitterness chapters. (grossest to me personally)