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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. While this novel moves quickly, capturing the reader's attention and refusing to let go, at the end, it's a creepy story that doesn't seem to have enough thought to really move it too far out of the horror/mystery genre. The plot is fabulous and twisting, as you'd expect from the author of Fight Club. However, it's disappointing that Chuck Palahniuk couldn't move away from creepiness for creepinesses sake and further explore some of the psychological and philosophical issues he touches upon. If Tom Robbins could take this book and do a re-write, he would take the great ideas, such as handwriting analysis, the ideas of what makes an artist great, and perceptions, mix them with a bit of his humour, and have a masterpiece. Palahniuk, on the other hand, seems too fixated on shocking his reader, and his intellectual ideas get lost. Overall, Diary is still a novel worth reading and spending a few hours with. I could read this book over and over again and I love it more every time. I absolutely recommend it. The style, the physical and psychological violence were all very similar to Fight Club. Characters struggling to understand their environment which is not what it seems, bizarre crimes and conspiracies, wanderings between reality and imagination. While the plot was interesting, albeit sometimes very confusing, the denouement creative, and the premise intelligent, there were some elements I found really too far-fetched (namely the use of the diary itself and the fire at the end). I also had trouble believing the main voice was that of a woman - it sounded much more like a man. It was very reminiscent of a David Lynch movie: uncomfortable yet mesmerizing. Decent read, but not more. My first by the author and I'm not sure there will be more. no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385509472, Hardcover)“CAN YOU FEEL THIS?” (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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But still, it's a disturbing, gripping story. Not my favorite by Palahniuk, but still good. (