Chuck Palahniuk - Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey

Pros: Engrossing, imaginative, disgusting at times but with some important morality
Cons: None

I've read most of Chuck Palahniuk's novels including "Survivor", "Invisible Monsters", "Choke", "Diary" and "Haunted". However, I've never reviewed any of those books. I liked them all, some more than others but I just didn't review them. Each of ...

Pros: Insane story set in a futuristic world of horror and disease
Cons: Borrows a few ideas

Chuck Palahniuk’s Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey is a brand new book set in a world that the author had not previously visited – the future. It’s a very odd tale about a strange young man who inadvertently changed the world by way of ...

Pros: Crass, vulgar Palahniuk with a new literary presentation. Boogers and car crashes.
Cons: Disorienting to the new reader, typical plot twist to seasoned reader, weak ending.

Jeff Pleat (Human Resources Director): According to our records, we engaged Buster Casey for two weeks in the capacity of dishwasher. By apparent coincidence, during the brief span of his employment with us, some sixteen dinner guests ...

Pros: Quite a few funny bits
Cons: Weak story, terrible characters, funny stuff few and far between

Chuck Palahniuk’s latest novel, Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey, has a different narrative style than his previous novels. Unfortunately that is about the best thing I can say about it. Mr. Palahniuk ‘s writings are extremely difficult ...

Pros: great
Cons: not bad

Insect and rodent bites. Small town and big city. Young, angsty people. Mysterious men with mysterious origins. Conflict. Murder. Rape. Crash derby free for alls. What's not to love in Rant? First I'll say that I highly recommend this ...

Pros: the excellent writing, the intrigue, the distinctive characters
Cons: the confusion that took over my love for the written word

It is a rare thing for me to purchase a hardback book at full price. I'm a bargain-bin, used bookstore, free advanced reader copy kinda girl. SO the fact that I even bought this is pretty impressive...anyway...I don't know if I have ever mentioned that ...