A review by neenthefiend
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I went into this with such high hopes because the concept was so intriguing. This was the first book of chucky’s that I read and I have to say I kind of hated it. The piece achieved what it set out to do, which was leave the reader unsettled but bated just enough to lead them to the conclusion. I’m not a fan of his prose, there was never a point where I hit the rhythm with his cadence in terms of the project as a whole and the individual characters. Honestly… I think I would have liked it better if a woman wrote it. I don’t particularly enjoy when male writers attempt to unpack the interior world of women, especially if the women being depicted are sex workers. You can read all the theory you want, but in what world is a white man who wrote fight club going to even remotely understand the experiences and emotional world of a woman in sex work? Knowing about the existence of Naomi wolf does not validate or prove your understanding of the intricacies of third wave feminism. I finished feeling very nauseous, and to some that’s great and maybe what you are after and maybe that was the entire point of the novel, but I hated it.