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Haunted
by Chuck Palahniuk
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An interesting concept, a short story collection as told by a group of people on a writers retreat, where they are stuck without food and heat, slowly starving to death. Each chapter we get a piece of the overall narrative, a "poem" about each character, and the story they came up with during their stay at the retreat.
This is the first Palahniuk book I've read in over 20 years, after having read a bunch in my early 20s... This is definitely a Palahniuk book. It's gross, visceral, and sexually deviant. Chuck sure knows how to explore the darkness in humans.
Overall the book didn't work for me. None of the stories really stood out, except for "Guts", I think there was maybe too much going on by tying the short story collection to the anthology feel of the writers retreat.
This is the first Palahniuk book I've read in over 20 years, after having read a bunch in my early 20s... This is definitely a Palahniuk book. It's gross, visceral, and sexually deviant. Chuck sure knows how to explore the darkness in humans.
Overall the book didn't work for me. None of the stories really stood out, except for "Guts", I think there was maybe too much going on by tying the short story collection to the anthology feel of the writers retreat.