another one that i have mixed feelings about. some of this seems just preposterous, and some of this seems so right on it's almost unbelievably insightful. the same dichotomy is true of his writing style.
Hmh, I really don't know...I just can't get into this one. I'm fully aware that the first-person narrator is supposed to be more of a anti-hero, but I'm just so not interested in anything he has to tell. I usually love catchphrases, but every time he uses one of his, I get bored and think "Aw, not a...
My third Palahniuk. Perhaps if I hadn't read it directly after Snuff, it might have rated only four stars for the repetitiveness of style and going a bit overboard on the grotesque. Also, use of the word "dog" for a man's penis. That one didn't quite work for me. But the gorgeous, gorgeous humanity ...
I like black comedies. I like cynical rebellious characters. But when I'm saying to myself "Why am I reading this" every three pages it either means I don't get it or the author, as brilliantly as he writes, has nothing to say. I'm opting for the latter. The lead character has nothing going for him....
This is another strange book by Palahniuk. I know this is going to be made into a movie, but I can't imagine how they are going to show some of the details on the screen. I must say that his writing is an acquired tasted and not for the faint of heart.
Chuck Palahniuk certainly has a way with words that I don't think any other contemporary American writer matches. Each and every line seems laden with sardonic wisdom and while reading the Tao of Pooh book at the same time, I saw a lot of similarities in Palahniuk's philosophy with the philosophy o...
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