“This is my first Chuck Palahniuk book so far, but I've purshased two others and so far this is my 3rd favorite book I've ever read. Chuck Palahniuk has an incredible writing ability.”
“I was reluctant to read this but after doing so I believe this was Palahniuk's most poignant book since Choke. He takes modern American obsessions and shows how disgusting they really can be. It can be gross and even silly, but it's a quick read and totally worth it. ”
“this book is haunting me”
“hey...I am from Mumbai, India...Can anyone suggest me where I can buy this book in Mumbai....I have been looking all over the place for this one”
“Palahniuk states in his "Afterward (or Warning) of Sorts" that, "This would be a book you wouldn't want to keep next to your bed." And he was right! I agree with some of the reviews posted that much of this was for shock value - this is evident because he prattles on about the number of people who fainted after he read the "Guts" story in public a number of times. Once you make it past that story, though, some of the short stories told by the characters (who you never really get to know and who I constantly confused with each other because they all have two names and one of the names is often gender-neutral) are actually pretty good. Small snippets of bizarre-ness that stick in your head, like the crazy NY anthropologist TA on the lookout for transforming-bigfoots, or the story of the Nightmare Box. I agree that the poems were horrendous as linking devices and the overall novel lacked cohesion. The only other Palahniuk I've read is Lullaby and I think it is much, much better.”
“This was my first Palahniuk novel. I must admit I was quite disapointed when I saw on the cover "a novel of stories". I didn't get very fond of the characters, but I liked the dark and twisted writing style. In my opinion, the stories would make great short movies, even thought some of them are quite grotesque. There is no great plot, just some bits of twisted reality showing how the human beings love their share of drama. I look forward on reading other Palahniuk novels.”
“It's a good thing Survivor was the first Palaniuk book I read, because had The Haunted been the first I would have likely never pick up another of his works.”
“Boy, I have had so many customer recommend this book to me, that I really thought I would enjoy it. It was horrible. Totally pointless stories with a bizarre linkin g device, I gave up after reading about 2/3 of it.”
“Haunted is an interesting step out of Palahniuks usual bounds. i found the book to have grotesque stories along with the sad, pathetic and just plain wicked. He is displaying almost every aspect of human nature and what people are willing to do to get that one great story. Palahniuk also takes this further into a place where the nightmares of the human mind manifest causing madness and surprisingly ultimate enlightenment. i enjoyed this book to the point that i did not want to put it down, like fight club and choke, but it was a different kind of appeal. Haunted was just my kind of delightfully disturbing i guess and in no way did the book drag, for me it did seem to race. i stand by the fact that it is a masterpiece and like any great work of art not everyone will see it.”
“Wow. I didn't think I'd ever read a Palahniuk book that I DID NOT like. This was just pointless and, I agree, it drug on forever. The stories weren't great. I think he was mainly going for the shock value. This is one of his books that I just can't keep. Go for Lullaby, Fight Club, or Invisible Monsters. Don't waste your time on this one. -k.”
