Comments on: Review: Survivor, Chuck Palahniuk

By: Nish

Nish — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:20:14 +0000

Suggest Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie…mainly because I want to read your review 🙂

And how did you like Empire Falls? I liked the book all right, but it didn’t really stick with me for very long.

By: Care

Care — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:36:32 +0000

I’ve not read any of these. I read Empire Falls twice (by accident.)

By: Emily Jane

Emily Jane — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:44:10 +0000

Yeah, I’m not a Palahniuk fan either. As for your book club…Half of a Yellow Sun! Half of a Yellow Sun! Half of a Yellow Sun!!!!

By: Ela

Ela — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:27:40 +0000

I’ve not read any of your suggestions except the Carter, which I didn’t entirely enjoy, but I think it would be great for discussion – weird characters, orphans, giant puppets, a controlling uncle… The heroine’s a bit wet (which surprised me, because I thought Carter was meant to be a feminist author) and the ending was… odd.

By: Amused

Amused — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:49:25 +0000

We read a Chuck (I’m not even going to attempt his last name) for book club a few years ago and it was good but not an author I’d ever reach for again.

I vote for Glorious and Small Island!

By: celawerd

celawerd — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:02:04 +0000

I laughed when I read your first paragraph. I don’t read books because they are sexy. Haha

By: carolinareads

carolinareads — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:00:05 +0000

Sounds disturbing

By: Mumsy

Mumsy — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:17:43 +0000

In reply to zibilee. "Greasy." Perfect adjective.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:52:53 +0000

When I read and hated a Palahniuk book recently (did you know it’s pronounced Paula-nick and I’d been saying it all wrong in my head, geez) lots of people gave me recommendations for others I might like more. But your review suggests that I would not like any of them any better, and I am very grateful.

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:24:11 +0000

I feel the same way about ennui in literature. It’s hard for me to understand a character who can find nothing to be passionate about in this fascinating, complex world. On the other hand, that kind of thing might have appealed to me when I was a teen.