Doomed
Doomed, (Damned Duology, Book 2), by Chuck Palahniuk 
Blurb:After a Halloween ritual gone awry, Madison finds herself trapped in Purgatory—or, as mortals like you and I know it, Earth. She can see and hear every detail of the world she left behind, yet she’s invisible to everyone who’s still alive. Not only do people look right through her, they walk right through her as well. The upside is that, no longer subject to physical limitations, she can pass through doors and walls. Her first stop is her parents’ luxurious apartment, where she encounters the ghost of her long-deceased grandmother. For Madison, the encounter triggers memories of the awful summer she spent upstate with Nana Minnie and her grandfather, Papadaddy. As she revisits the painful truth of what transpired over those months (including a disturbing and finally fatal meeting in a rest stop’s fetid men’s room, in which . . . well, never mind), her saga of eternal damnation takes on a new and sinister meaning. Satan has had Madison in his sights from the very beginning: through her and her narcissistic celebrity parents, he plans to engineer an era of eternal damnation. For everyone.My ReviewI really don't know how it's possible to love the first book so much, but seriously hate the sequel... It was a while ago that I read Doomed, but I remember that I really enjoyed it, but now I'm wondering if I should go back and re-read it to make sure, but I'm a little afraid to in case I hate it...I'll keep this review short. Personally, I felt that the plot was weak and most of what went on was back story and I just wasn't really interested. Maddison was precocious in the first book, but I kind of liked that about her, in this one, it just really annoyed me; she was a snob and a racist one at that. Nothing is off limits with Chuck Palahniuk and I'd usually appreciate that in a book, but I guess I just didn't like the way that everything is mocked in this book, even things that are good, like wanting to save the planet. There are literal no likeable characters.All in all, I think it's fair to say that I've given Chuck Palahniuk's work a good go and the only one I've enjoyed has been Damned, so I think I'll give up now.
My favourite quotes from 'Doomed':'You never know the complicated deals to people negotiate in order to stay married beyond the first ten minutes.' 'Those coughs. Simultaneously, they served as proof she was still alive, but that she wouldn't be forever.''I can't deny the appeal of a people-free planet.'
Blurb:After a Halloween ritual gone awry, Madison finds herself trapped in Purgatory—or, as mortals like you and I know it, Earth. She can see and hear every detail of the world she left behind, yet she’s invisible to everyone who’s still alive. Not only do people look right through her, they walk right through her as well. The upside is that, no longer subject to physical limitations, she can pass through doors and walls. Her first stop is her parents’ luxurious apartment, where she encounters the ghost of her long-deceased grandmother. For Madison, the encounter triggers memories of the awful summer she spent upstate with Nana Minnie and her grandfather, Papadaddy. As she revisits the painful truth of what transpired over those months (including a disturbing and finally fatal meeting in a rest stop’s fetid men’s room, in which . . . well, never mind), her saga of eternal damnation takes on a new and sinister meaning. Satan has had Madison in his sights from the very beginning: through her and her narcissistic celebrity parents, he plans to engineer an era of eternal damnation. For everyone.My ReviewI really don't know how it's possible to love the first book so much, but seriously hate the sequel... It was a while ago that I read Doomed, but I remember that I really enjoyed it, but now I'm wondering if I should go back and re-read it to make sure, but I'm a little afraid to in case I hate it...I'll keep this review short. Personally, I felt that the plot was weak and most of what went on was back story and I just wasn't really interested. Maddison was precocious in the first book, but I kind of liked that about her, in this one, it just really annoyed me; she was a snob and a racist one at that. Nothing is off limits with Chuck Palahniuk and I'd usually appreciate that in a book, but I guess I just didn't like the way that everything is mocked in this book, even things that are good, like wanting to save the planet. There are literal no likeable characters.All in all, I think it's fair to say that I've given Chuck Palahniuk's work a good go and the only one I've enjoyed has been Damned, so I think I'll give up now.My favourite quotes from 'Doomed':'You never know the complicated deals to people negotiate in order to stay married beyond the first ten minutes.' 'Those coughs. Simultaneously, they served as proof she was still alive, but that she wouldn't be forever.''I can't deny the appeal of a people-free planet.'
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