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trashy and gross. sometimes in an intriguing way. i like the concept and some of the stories. a woman could have done this way better! too heavily reliant on the shock factor, adding extra blood and guts and sex when a little bit of subtlety would have gone a long way. easy to read, not like ... mentally, but i mean easy to slog through. except for the last chapter, just way too boring. also could have been shorter. overall i could have given it two stars but i'm feeling generous and to be fair i was at least mildly entertained through most of it. i just felt like it fell flat in a lot of ways. there was huge potential for deep and rich characterization, subtle exploration of the themes presented, but it felt like being whacked over the head with a bowling ball again and again. i guess maybe that's Palahniuk's whole schtick but, it's not for me. i don't really feel scared or pensive or enriched in any way, i feel like i read the male equivalent of a danielle steele book (no hate to danielle steele). the scariest part about this book is that the cover glows in the dark. oh, i feel dumber for having read this.