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#1

Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/5/05 at 4:08pm

I was wondering if anyone read this book and what their thoughts are on it. It was addicting, a total page turner. Especailly the end, great clincher.

Thoughts, comments?
"Theater is not only the meeting place of all the arts, but the return of art to life." -- Oscar Wilde
#2

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/5/05 at 4:10pm

I haven't read anything he's written....he's hot, though.
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#4

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/5/05 at 4:19pm

I'm not sure if I agree on it being his best work, I'm partial to Fight Club myself.
"Theater is not only the meeting place of all the arts, but the return of art to life." -- Oscar Wilde
#5

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/5/05 at 7:25pm

I read it last year and I loved it. I agree that it's completely addicting. I thought I'd pick it up every now and then when I was ahead in my work, but I ended up reading it in two days.
#6

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/5/05 at 9:05pm

This will be unpopular, I'm sure, but I found it quite slow, and, even knowing that Palahniuk is big on amazing endings, I can't seem to finish it.
#8

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 1:47am

I loved this book (I've also read Fight CLub, Lulabye, part of survivor, part of Choke and part of the one about the Artist that go to the resort, which i can't remember the title of currently). Chuck is an amazing talent.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
#9

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:44am

I really enjoyed it, it's seriously effed up like all his work is, but it's possibly the most effed up of all his books I think. I have enjoyed all his books up to and sadly not including the non fiction collection he put out a little while back, which bored me to tears. Haven't read Haunted yet.

I attended a reading when he was promoting Diary and he didn't read from the book but instead read a short story he'd written, called Guts. The London date was the ONLY one on his tour where nobody had to leave the room/fainted/threw up. Fun.
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#10

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 8:26am

I didn't know he did readings. I'm going to have to check that out. Right now, I'm currently reading Choke. I can't really get into it though. I think I'm going to have to put it down and start it at a later date. I think I'm expecting it to be like Diary.

Iwearshoes---Thanks.
"Theater is not only the meeting place of all the arts, but the return of art to life." -- Oscar Wilde
#11

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 8:33am

I liked Diary more than Lullaby and Choke, but not as much as Fight Club. Right now I'm reading Survivor, which is pretty good so far. Obviously, I'm a big fan of Chuck Palahniuk's work.
"Nothing's lost forever. In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead." -Tony Kushner's Angels in America
#13

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 11:56am

I think Survivor is his best work but then I am also in the minority who really enjoyed Choke but didn't love Lullaby that much. His second best book is easily Invisible Monsters.

And cabarethed, where did you read Guts?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#15

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 3:07pm

How did I miss this thread. I am a Chuck addict. I read this book when it first came out, and I personally found it one of his strongest books, maybe because I related to it as an art student at the time. Not sure that the ending did it for me though.

Akiva
#16

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 3:12pm

The ending was kind of cheap, but the very last page, the letter, excellent. IMO
"Theater is not only the meeting place of all the arts, but the return of art to life." -- Oscar Wilde
#17

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 4:31pm

"Guts" is actually in Haunted, and I read it while eating...umm...yeah...

I love Chuck Palahniuk; he's one of my favorite authors, though I haven't finished Haunted (barely started), and sometimes I find his books very, well, unsettling (duh). I remember loving the ending of Diary but just being grossed out by that guy doing that thing with the earring...ugh. My favorite book of his is Invisible Monsters because I just feel it has a very human side to it, and something in Choke just appeals to me. Did I read somewhere they want to turn Choke into a movie? If so, good luck with that one...
#18

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 5:11pm

Well now I HAVE to buy Haunted.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#19

re: Anyone read Diary a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted: 12/6/05 at 8:02pm

I love Diary! Completely agree with those who think it's his best work so far... I took it on the plane with me (L.A. to Vegas), didn't finish it on the flight, but could not put it down until I was *done*- I got so sucked into it that I had to finish it off in the hotel room before officially 'starting' my vacation. :)

The very last page, with the letter? absolute genius!

And y'all who have attended his readings are very brave- I am fine with reading to myself but I know if I ever heard him reading his stuff I'd probably be the 'have to leave the room' anecdote for that day.

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