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Why is Palahniuk bad? Is it because he writes the same book over and over and copies and pastes excerpts from medical textbooks into his prose?

Is Survivor worth reading?
I've read Choke and started Diary but gave up because it bored me. Am I hip?

>> No.885295

Choke is shit, even by his standards.

>> No.885305

I wouldn't say he's bad. He's good at what he does. Unless you expect some literary mastermind, I don't see how you could think he's bad. Also, whichever book you read first will usually be your favourite, because they really are carbon copies of eachother..

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>> No.885417

>>885292
I didn't like Survivor, but everyone else on /lit/ will tell you its classic Palahniuk

>>885295
I liked Choke!

>> No.885419

Fight Club and Survivor

Really, you can stop after those two.

>> No.886162

Diary was kind of meh. what did you dislike about Choke?

Survivor, in my opinion, is his best work. i would say it's worth a read.

Pygmy was also entertaining. it's written in broken English.

>> No.886173

>>885419
That's the two I read when I was 15. Then I grew up.

>> No.886240

>>886173

and you're what now? 16? *rolls eyes*
Palahniuk books are funny, weird, usually have an entertaining social critique, and generally are nihilistic. He's very good at turning a phrase and his work is mostly fast paced.
His books usually only take me a few days to read -- I've read 9 -- and I read them when i need a break from literature of a more 'serious' nature.

>> No.886425

Choke, Invisible Monsters and Lullaby are ok. Haunted is bad. Fight Club, Survivor and Rant are good.