The Works of Chuck Palahniuk

I've read Choke and while it's really not that great, I thought it started off great but around 3/4 through the book I kind of lost interest and it took a while to actually finish. It's probably only his 4th best or so. The 'twist' that he usually has at the end also was meh.

Haunted I thought was pretty dumb. He should have just made it into a compilation of stories, and ditched the writers retreat bullshit. A lot of the stories I thought were pretty lame too, like the one with the girl that massages feet or whatever. Guts is really the only good one and I think it's highly over-rated. Yeah sure it's sick, but people fainting? Come on, it's not even that bad.

I've read most of his books, I still consider Survivor his best. I don't really know why, it was the first book of his I read, and it just really hooked me. The characters I thought were the most likeable, especially Tender. And I really liked the last portions of the book, which were hilarious yet sad at the same time, and who could forget the ending! It was supposed to have been made into a movie, and what an excellent one it would be, but of course it never happens. In the end though, I really reccommend this book of his for people who've never read one of his books, yeah there's Fight Club but this one is so much better.

On a side note, is anyone else getting kind of tired of his writing? It seems like the same in every book, but the names and stuff are changed around. I'm not saying I don't like it, but it just seemed so fresh and "I'll never get tired of him!" at the beginning, maybe it's just me but after reading 5 or so of his books I can't really get into his works like I used to.

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