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Haunted
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bookshelves: best-books, creepy, great-read, gritty, gut-punch, horror
Mar 01, 2016
bookshelves: best-books, creepy, great-read, gritty, gut-punch, horror
My God, what to say about this one? Probably this: Haunted was messed up and engaging to the fullest.
I'm always floored when an author serves up something genuinely different. In a book market where so many offerings are so goddamn painfully similar (right down to the titles... can we get another book with the word "Girl" or "Dark" in the title please?) it's a real treat when you read something that stands out and rises above the rest for not being like the others. It's even more rewarding when such a different drummer has the chops to blow your mind.
Haunted is a collection of stories and characters that will absolutely make your skin crawl, and it's mind-boggling how much territory it covers, almost all of it located in left field. It's doubtful that you've ever read anything quite comparable (that goes for most of Palahniuk's other work too). The way Chuck can expand an idea or create a plot from the most unexpected places, then making it compelling and riveting and... well, let's just say you've never read anything like it. Like the tale of man who literally lost his guts, or the sociopath with a bowling ball, or the cross-dressing terrorist, or the DIY porn couple gone wrong, or the foot masseur turned assassin... these are crazy, fascinating, disturbing tales you won't soon forget.
Haunted is gross. It's sick, twisted, funny, sad, shocking; hell it's practically a trigger for every intense feeling humans are capable of having. It's well-written and engaging and beyond all else it is different. And today's storytelling landscape definitely needs a lot more 'different'.
I'm always floored when an author serves up something genuinely different. In a book market where so many offerings are so goddamn painfully similar (right down to the titles... can we get another book with the word "Girl" or "Dark" in the title please?) it's a real treat when you read something that stands out and rises above the rest for not being like the others. It's even more rewarding when such a different drummer has the chops to blow your mind.
Haunted is a collection of stories and characters that will absolutely make your skin crawl, and it's mind-boggling how much territory it covers, almost all of it located in left field. It's doubtful that you've ever read anything quite comparable (that goes for most of Palahniuk's other work too). The way Chuck can expand an idea or create a plot from the most unexpected places, then making it compelling and riveting and... well, let's just say you've never read anything like it. Like the tale of man who literally lost his guts, or the sociopath with a bowling ball, or the cross-dressing terrorist, or the DIY porn couple gone wrong, or the foot masseur turned assassin... these are crazy, fascinating, disturbing tales you won't soon forget.
Haunted is gross. It's sick, twisted, funny, sad, shocking; hell it's practically a trigger for every intense feeling humans are capable of having. It's well-written and engaging and beyond all else it is different. And today's storytelling landscape definitely needs a lot more 'different'.
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Reading Progress
March 1, 2016
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March 1, 2016
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March 18, 2016
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Finished Reading
May 1, 2016
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best-books
May 1, 2016
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creepy
May 1, 2016
– Shelved as:
great-read
May 1, 2016
– Shelved as:
gritty
May 1, 2016
– Shelved as:
gut-punch
May 1, 2016
– Shelved as:
horror
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rated it 4 stars
Apr 01, 2016 06:02PM
This was my introduction to Palahniuk...and now I'm hooked.
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Wayne wrote: "This was my introduction to Palahniuk...and now I'm hooked."
Mine too! I'm already reading 'Lullaby' as a result :)
Mine too! I'm already reading 'Lullaby' as a result :)
PUMPKINHEAD wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "I have a copy of this one now. :D"
Hope you enjoy it! I really did."
I STILL need to read it, but I expect I will enjoy it. :)
Hope you enjoy it! I really did."
I STILL need to read it, but I expect I will enjoy it. :)