Das letzte Protokoll
by Chuck Palahniuk
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Read in October, 2006
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Diario: Una novela es la segunda novela que leí de Palahniuk y octava en ser escrita por él en 2003 que define como “una historia de horror sátira”.
Cuándo recién la leí no me pereció muy sátira que digamos, es que el humor de Diario es amargo; es como hacer y reír con chistes de inválidos, huérfanos etc… Y todos nos reímos que nadie me venga con una falsa doble moral a estas alturas, ¡y menos si es lector de Palahniuk! Pero al fin y al cabo Diario tiene su chiste ¿sabes c...more
Cuándo recién la leí no me pereció muy sátira que digamos, es que el humor de Diario es amargo; es como hacer y reír con chistes de inválidos, huérfanos etc… Y todos nos reímos que nadie me venga con una falsa doble moral a estas alturas, ¡y menos si es lector de Palahniuk! Pero al fin y al cabo Diario tiene su chiste ¿sabes c...more
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Bizarrely, this is the first (and only) Chuck Palahniuk book I've read. I tend to get hooked on certain authors and from what I've read about Chuck and his books, he has been on my list to delve into for quite a long time.
It has been a few months since I finished Diary, but I'll try to recall some of my thoughts on this book.
Misty, raised a white-trash dreamer of picket-fenced houses, meets and marries a creepy near-do-well Peter from the art school she attends. The story starts after ...more
It has been a few months since I finished Diary, but I'll try to recall some of my thoughts on this book.
Misty, raised a white-trash dreamer of picket-fenced houses, meets and marries a creepy near-do-well Peter from the art school she attends. The story starts after ...more
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Read in January, 2003
I heard an interview with Chuck and he described the set-up for this new novel. I was intrigued, because it sounded awesome. I’ve stayed away from his writing, not just because of Fight Club, but because I always mistrust the “next big thing”—especially those “shocking” writers whose books go for the bizarre, gross, and the titillating. I mean, I got burned on Geek Love which was a terrible novel by another Portlander, and it wasn’t gonna happen again. But, Diary sounded great. The...more
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Read in November, 2007
This is my first Palahniuk's book...
It's creatively written, I do quite enjoy the book as the writing style is very unique and easily get drowned to it, he (Palahniuk) could be a "Tarantino in literature" (hmmm... i might be wrong...). At first I annoyed with all the dates, but then, i ignored them, maybe that's another point which make this book unique, it's a diary anyway... playing with dates, days, and times... I have to re-read the beginning of the book for few times, when it's...more
It's creatively written, I do quite enjoy the book as the writing style is very unique and easily get drowned to it, he (Palahniuk) could be a "Tarantino in literature" (hmmm... i might be wrong...). At first I annoyed with all the dates, but then, i ignored them, maybe that's another point which make this book unique, it's a diary anyway... playing with dates, days, and times... I have to re-read the beginning of the book for few times, when it's...more
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Read in October, 2007
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Palahniuk fans/people who like strange twists
I'm always struck by just how weird Palahniuk's novels are. In the case of this one, I really thought I had it figured out. Turns out, I didn't. I should probably just give up trying and enjoy the story. Which I usually do.
Misty lives on Waytansea Island with a husband in a coma and a mother in law who seems bent on pushing her to be the famous artist everyone seems to think she is. While Misty went to school for art, she takes it as an insult that everyone thinks she, a poor white trash gi...more
Misty lives on Waytansea Island with a husband in a coma and a mother in law who seems bent on pushing her to be the famous artist everyone seems to think she is. While Misty went to school for art, she takes it as an insult that everyone thinks she, a poor white trash gi...more
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Read in January, 2006
Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk delivers a nihilistic tale of an artist finding inspiration after the suicide of her husband. Along the way we learn that the idyllic island on which they live is involved in a conspiracy in which she is the key player. Even with this knowledge, the artist is powerless not to play into the dark purposes of her neighbors.
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Read in September, 2005
This was my first selection to our book group -- and it definitely shook things up a bit.
I love Palahniuk, and this is actually my favourite of his. Fight Club comes second, so if you hate Fight Club, I can't think you'll like this. The style is still there -- short, choppy ideas repeated until you wonder why, a vocabulary that makes you double take from time to time. One of our book groupies actually read it with a dictionary to hand because she wanted to know what every word meant. Whi...more
I love Palahniuk, and this is actually my favourite of his. Fight Club comes second, so if you hate Fight Club, I can't think you'll like this. The style is still there -- short, choppy ideas repeated until you wonder why, a vocabulary that makes you double take from time to time. One of our book groupies actually read it with a dictionary to hand because she wanted to know what every word meant. Whi...more
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This was my first, and long overdue introduction into the dark and often schizophrenic world of Chuck Palahniuk. I read this in September of 2006, so you'll have to pardon the lack of specific details.
Palahniuk's success, or at least, my appreciation for this book, comes from his darkly paranoid writing style. In many cases, authors who write to imbue confusion in the reader do so at the expense of narrative cohesion. Diary's success lies in the fact that it disorients the reader, but c...more
Palahniuk's success, or at least, my appreciation for this book, comes from his darkly paranoid writing style. In many cases, authors who write to imbue confusion in the reader do so at the expense of narrative cohesion. Diary's success lies in the fact that it disorients the reader, but c...more
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I dont think I am smart enough to review any of his books, but as I am listing some of his books here, I feel I owe my friends and family fair warning.
These books are for reading when you want to have that dirty guilty laugh, for when you want to say all the mean things and bad jokes you've ever thought up, no matter how unpc, unfair, or downright nasty they may have been. When your ready to sit down and accept for a few moments that, yes, there are times when you really want to be, and even...more
These books are for reading when you want to have that dirty guilty laugh, for when you want to say all the mean things and bad jokes you've ever thought up, no matter how unpc, unfair, or downright nasty they may have been. When your ready to sit down and accept for a few moments that, yes, there are times when you really want to be, and even...more
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Read in August, 2007
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Fans. . and fans alone.
I’m starting to lose faith in this guy. . I mean. . Yeah. It just was not good. The best part about it is the way the guy writes. That and just the strange tid bits of random fucken trivia he throws at you in the middle of a chapter (but that is his shtick isn’t it?).
I've had a lot of time to read while deployed, and this dude is a favorite in the Army. He has a rugged approach to shit and I appreciate that. Now? He's just getting silly. After Choke, Survivor and Fight club, I th...more
I've had a lot of time to read while deployed, and this dude is a favorite in the Army. He has a rugged approach to shit and I appreciate that. Now? He's just getting silly. After Choke, Survivor and Fight club, I th...more
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Read in April, 2005
I'm giving another thumbs-up to Chuck Palahnuik for his page-turner "Diary". It's a fanastical story about a poor artist who gets more than she bargains for when she marries into a rich island-deweling family-- Dun-dun-dunnn... What ensues is probably best described as horror, though the horiffic situations are probably better described as strange than as scary. The book is a quick read, and very clever at both large and small scales. While there was less of an unifying philosophica...more
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Read in December, 2007
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there was very little i enjoyed about this book. palahniuk has a flair for quirky juxtaposition in his imagery, something i appreciate -- and probably the only thing i really appreciated in diary.
just for the record, the 'just for the record' repeating business was super annoying. i don't mind an occasional repeat - the cadence can be quite charming at times. but repetition of this and other phrases, plus the penchant for describing people's musculature in action, it all felt pretent...more
just for the record, the 'just for the record' repeating business was super annoying. i don't mind an occasional repeat - the cadence can be quite charming at times. but repetition of this and other phrases, plus the penchant for describing people's musculature in action, it all felt pretent...more
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This is the second novel I have read by the author, and I just finished it a few minutes ago.
At first, I was drawn to the author’s narrative style. Rather than long passages of purple prose, the narrator’s voice has an ease and everyday conversational style that makes it more engaging to read. Nevertheless, the author is never able to make me emotionally attached to the narrator beyond that. The character is flat, repetitive and difficult to care about on any level. In some stories...more
At first, I was drawn to the author’s narrative style. Rather than long passages of purple prose, the narrator’s voice has an ease and everyday conversational style that makes it more engaging to read. Nevertheless, the author is never able to make me emotionally attached to the narrator beyond that. The character is flat, repetitive and difficult to care about on any level. In some stories...more
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This was actually my first Palahniuk book, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I had to fight the first chapter or three not to put it down, but in the end, it was a quick read that was slow to start, engaging in the middle, and lackluster at the end.
Without giving too much away, the book is the diary of a woman named Misty regarding her life following her husband's suicide attempt, which left him in a coma. Misty used to be an artist and her mother-in-law and daughter are urging her ...more
Without giving too much away, the book is the diary of a woman named Misty regarding her life following her husband's suicide attempt, which left him in a coma. Misty used to be an artist and her mother-in-law and daughter are urging her ...more
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
folks who don't mind nightmares
I think this may be my favorite of his to date. It's twisted and spooky, and made me feel a little sick to my stomach on more than one occasion. Hmmm...that doesn't sound like a glowing review, but if you're into Palahniuk, you know what I mean. It reminded me of Dunn's _Geek Love_ a little, in that I felt both entranced and disgusted by the characters in the stories, and I just knew that the outcome wouldn't be good...had that nagging, sinking dread feeling while reading the entire thing; yet, ...more
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Read in June, 2008
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This is my first Palahniuk book. I quite enjoyed it, although I found it a little bit too crazy. I mean, too crazy as in the whole island-mafia-eco-terrorism thing was a little too unrealistic to the point of being something of a letdown.
Or maybe I just didn't like the fact that the daughter turns out to be not such a great person. I wish I could have known more about why the people in the fire didn't want to move, or that Angel could have survived. It was funny and...more
This is my first Palahniuk book. I quite enjoyed it, although I found it a little bit too crazy. I mean, too crazy as in the whole island-mafia-eco-terrorism thing was a little too unrealistic to the point of being something of a letdown.
Or maybe I just didn't like the fact that the daughter turns out to be not such a great person. I wish I could have known more about why the people in the fire didn't want to move, or that Angel could have survived. It was funny and...more
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Read in June, 2008
Initially murky and mysterious- reads like a detective story, then fast paced and gruesome and shocking. A very quick and very remarkable read- all Palaniuk fans will love this one, and in truth it might be the best one to start with if you haven’t read any of his stuff at all. I’d rank this below Fight Club (he’ll never be able to top that, I think), and above Choke and Lullaby.
The only strike against this one is that he goes a bit overboard with some of his mini- chorus/ embellis...more
The only strike against this one is that he goes a bit overboard with some of his mini- chorus/ embellis...more
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Read in April, 2007
I saw the movie, "Fight Club", years ago. I had what was probably a typical woman's reaction in that I couldn't get past the violence. It was difficult to evaluate the story because my attention was taken from it. At that time I didnt even make note of the author of the book.
Recently my 16 year old gave me a copy of "Diary" by Chuck Palahniuk. I loved it. While Diary does venture a little into the paranormal I was completely caught up in the mystery. The tension buil...more
Recently my 16 year old gave me a copy of "Diary" by Chuck Palahniuk. I loved it. While Diary does venture a little into the paranormal I was completely caught up in the mystery. The tension buil...more
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Read in November, 2007
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This book was given to me as a gift and it turns out the life of Mr. Palahniuk is hauntingly synchronistic to my own. I enjoyed reading this novel so much that I almost feel like giving up my own attempts at writing, since he states so well what I am attempting to create. On the surface, Diary is a modern gothic horror novel about a woman being forced to relive a extra-generational role as goddess/sacrifice to a group of old families living on an island. On a deeper level, we are confronted w...more
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recommends it for: anyone looking for a suspenseful, intelligent page-turner
Read in April, 2008
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my brotherrecommends it for: anyone looking for a suspenseful, intelligent page-turner
I wouldn't have thought of delving into Palahniuk's (author of Fight Club) novels, but my brother owns all his works and suggested that I give him a shot.
I liked this novel very much. And not just more than I thought I would. It's definitely quite dark -- not for everyone. But what's refreshing is the author's unique style, plot, and theme. This is a nice combination of suspenseful page-turner and well researched novel (the tidbits about real-world artists are especially intrig...more
I liked this novel very much. And not just more than I thought I would. It's definitely quite dark -- not for everyone. But what's refreshing is the author's unique style, plot, and theme. This is a nice combination of suspenseful page-turner and well researched novel (the tidbits about real-world artists are especially intrig...more
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