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A review by ezrasupremacy
Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
4.0
3.5 ⭐️ rounded up
i think out of all of palahniuk’s books that i’ve read this far (seven in total) this was my least favourite, but because it’s palahniuk even my least favourite is still one that i enjoyed greatly.
one thing that palahniuk does better than any other writer i’ve encountered is that he makes is characters feel real despite them being complete caricatures of “real humans”. that was definitely still true in this one, and i adored and despised each of the characters as i do in any of his books.
the one element that i missed here, which is what makes me say this was my least favourite this far, is palahniuk’s ability to come up with a completely ridiculous plot and then somehow make it feel like you’re reading the best plotted detective novel of your life. nothing is more satisfying to me than getting to the end of a palahniuk novel and seeing all the different insane plot pieces come together to form one cohesive picture, which i like to refer to as “puzzling” (verb, not adjective).
nonetheless i enjoyed this book tremendously and i’m excited for my copy of the second book to arrive so i can see how maddy’s store progresses.
i think out of all of palahniuk’s books that i’ve read this far (seven in total) this was my least favourite, but because it’s palahniuk even my least favourite is still one that i enjoyed greatly.
one thing that palahniuk does better than any other writer i’ve encountered is that he makes is characters feel real despite them being complete caricatures of “real humans”. that was definitely still true in this one, and i adored and despised each of the characters as i do in any of his books.
the one element that i missed here, which is what makes me say this was my least favourite this far, is palahniuk’s ability to come up with a completely ridiculous plot and then somehow make it feel like you’re reading the best plotted detective novel of your life. nothing is more satisfying to me than getting to the end of a palahniuk novel and seeing all the different insane plot pieces come together to form one cohesive picture, which i like to refer to as “puzzling” (verb, not adjective).
nonetheless i enjoyed this book tremendously and i’m excited for my copy of the second book to arrive so i can see how maddy’s store progresses.