A review by spookycece13
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I know that a lot of people don't love this book as much as his others, but it's one of my favorites alongside Choke and Snuff. We follow 7 characters telling their stories along with the people they are, well....staying with. Things get dark and crazy very fast and there's a couple of twists that I personally didn't expect. If you're new to Chuck Palahniuk or even if you already love his writing and you like  dark, disgusting things, and commentaries on society, I highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body shaming, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Self harm, Confinement, Kidnapping, Torture, Cursing, Gore, and Transphobia

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Pregnancy

I was going to add pedophilia in the warnings but wasn't sure if I should so, here's a warning for possible pedophilia. In one of the stories a character buys sex dolls (not knowing that's what they were)that are supposed to look like children. They are VERY detailed and it's mentioned her coworkers use them to get off as well as put makeup, tattoos and Piercings on them. This, understandably, bothers the main character so she more or less fixes the issue. So that, my friends, is why I added the warning.