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Originally Posted by Foxglove  Thanks for this - I think I might look it out. Have you read Tommyland? |
Nah, I assume that's Tommy's biography? I'm not sure I'd be interested in that. I like Tommy Lee, he came across very well in both books (aside from the domestic abuse in 'Dirt' which he tried to play down...) but I'm not really interested in reading more about him.
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Chuck Palahniuk - Rant.
Finished this today.
Good stuff aye. Lots of fucking effort gone into this book, it's quite a thinker when it gets going (the final third). Really easy read too, lay-outwise, with the different people's differing views and their oral biographical account of Rant's (Buster's) various schemes.
Found the lead character to be utterly repulsive but strangely romantic. I guess because the only words we hear him say in the book are ... well, lovely. It's also quite strange in that we don't actually get an accurate depiction of Rant as he's being shown from the viewpoint of so many different people and we rarely get insight into what he's thinking.
This book didn't really fall into the trap of Haunted, in that, it's not disgusting for disgusting's sake. There are gross-out moments here but they fit the story and seem to serve a purpose for the storyline and the character.
I reckon this is definitely a two-reader. I had to read back certain parts after the final twists to appreciate them further. As usual though, it's full of Chuck's faux-nihilistic 'LIVE TO DIE TO LIVE' teenage verbiage and plenty of consumer culture tips (the car-salesman). Over-all though, really good stuff. A return to form, I'd say. Reminiscent of Fight Club in a few ways. Bring on the apparent two planned sequels. 5/6.
