Haunted: A Novel

If you like your reality amok, try The Game, Dead Famous, and Rabid: A Novel, in addition to Chuck's Amok Deep-Fried Ducks.

Chuck loves his blood, gore, and piss, and these all dump like scalding coffee out of an upended catering vat through this book. The stories of each of the writers locked up in Big Brother lockdown is gruesome.

Damn, but this book is fine.

The Bookeater!

I typically enjoy reading short stories, and this is a pretty good,
if somewhat uneven collection. The goal of some of them (particularly
the frame story) seems to be little more than to shock. And while
this is accomplished relatively well, there is something more to
a number of the stories.

One does have to admire Palahniuk's craft. The structure of most
stories and the narration is masterful. The first story stands out
in this regard. After all these are just words on paper, and not that
many words at that. And yet, the story is as disquieting as anything
I have seen on television or film.

While none of the other stories achieve this intensity, they are all
disturbing in their own way. And that is probably the main shortcoming
of the book - one does ask whether Palahniuk really used his prodigious talents
only to show that he can disgust us in 25 different ways?

Definitely a 5-star. This story made me retch. Gag. Love. Hate. Feel contempt. Feel Compassion...WOW. I loved the twists and turns, and plan on re-reading this one. It was too tough to put down!

Chuck Palahniuk is a brilliant writer. This was not his best book, but it is very good. It's still worth the read. Some of the stories in it could be some of his best, but the book in itself is not.
GUTS is amazing, and my favorite is probably The Nightmare Box.

This book isn't Palahniuk's best, but it is still a great book as far as book standard's go. It is like reading a horror movie. Since it is composed of short stories, it is hard to have the attachment with the characters like in the other books by Chuck, but this book is still a good book. It is not for the faint of heart, as some pretty horrible stuff goes down, but it is still tight if you have a stomach for the situation they are in. Anyways, read it. It is a good book.