Pygmy
by Chuck Palahniuk
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Author: Chuck PalahniukEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-04-20
ISBN: 0307389812
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: A joke?
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm beginning to think Palahniuk is playing a great big joke on his readers after having pumped out Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, and now Tell-All (which I have yet to read, but it is already getting bad reviews). As an avid Chuck fan, this is hardly what I would expect from him; how can an author that has produced so many brilliant novels suddenly start generating crap? It almost seems like a stint of warped commentary on consumerism that he would have written about in his books. I'm just waiting for him to start poking fun at us in his novels for continuing to read and buy his books.
I have been wholly unimpressed with his last 3 novels, and I was barely able to even finish reading Pygmy. The vernacular makes this an almost impossible read and the story is anticlimactic. If you are looking to start reading Palahniuk, DO NOT START HERE (Or with Rant... or Snuff...) because it will give you a completely false impression of his style. I am in denial that Chuck has been reduced to this sort of contracted crap publishing, but it's looking like that is how the future of Palahniuk is going to play out. For shame, Chuck, for shame.
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