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ben_sch 's review for:
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński
Misery lit. Ugh. Pretty much every chapter someone gets murdered, tortured, raped, or has their house burn down, probably more than one of these. The first couple chapters it was shocking. After chapter 6 or so I started question why this was considered great literature which was supposedly teaching me about the human condition. I can't understand how people believed it was real. I mean, the rats diving in and out of the dead dude like dolphins before dissolving him into a pile of mush? Seriously? My favorite is the old lady who has her house bombed and then she slowly crawls out of the rubble to stand up, clutch her breast and gasp before toppling backwards out of site. Hilarious. I was able to read it for comedy for a few more chapters before I wasn't interested anymore. Checked the last chapter and yep, more murder and rape. Fuck this book.