Emily's review
Diary
by Chuck Palahniuk
Emily's review
Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
Emily's review
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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 to go back to her art, taking some pretty extreme measures to that end.
My real problem is that the conception of the book was really just too far-fetched to make me feel anything at the end. I didn't feel mind-blown or even mildly interested... just, really? That's how you ended it? That was the whole big deal? I didn't learn enough about the characters to make their complete 180 degree switches make any sense at all, and in the end I just didn't care. Maybe, in the end, I'm just not ...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 to go back to her art, taking some pretty extreme measures to that end.
My real problem is that the conception of the book was really just too far-fetched to make me feel anything at the end. I didn't feel mind-blown or even mildly interested... just, really? That's how you ended it? That was the whole big deal? I didn't learn enough about the characters to make their complete 180 degree switches make any sense at all, and in the end I just didn't care. Maybe, in the end, I'm just not ...more
