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I read "Fight Club" by CP and really enjoyed it. I only read this book because i heard that the character "Oyster" was a lot like Tyler Durden from... (show more)

I read "Fight Club" by CP and really enjoyed it. I only read this book because i heard that the character "Oyster" was a lot like Tyler Durden from "Fight Club" whose character i really loved. This is a good book with a good story. It's not as philosophical as "Fight Club" but has a lot of great views, thoughts, discussion, and ideas related to power. Two of the characters have a power and let it get out of hand, and while trying to destroy the source of the power are tempted to get more power! It's also a great look at what people do to achieve things. War for peace, Kill to save, etc... these are also discussed. There is a brief description of a sex scene which didn't really add to the story for me so i kind of dislike that part. All in all, a great book which i would recommend. (show less)

 

 

by Nathaniel Eatwell

No, it's a flop!

While "Choke" and "Fight Club" were masterpieces, this is a weakest work by Chuck. "Нытье обиженного на мир пидора" - dunno how to say it in Englis... (show more)

While "Choke" and "Fight Club" were masterpieces, this is a weakest work by Chuck. "Нытье обиженного на мир пидора" - dunno how to say it in English.
Too aggressive and the tension in the book is annoying - not the tension of the plot, but that of the main character, like there's a cabbage down his ass (maybe there is:D), and his attacks on George Orwell's "1984" look more like envy. Chuck, you've got to face it: George is JUST BETTER.
I read the overview - the idea was brilliant, a lullaby for those, who were better off dead, and I could think of a thousand brilliant plots, based on it.
The characters are too plain, just puppets to reflect Palahniuks looks on the world. You just don't feel people behind them. The style is terrible, the content - anti-aesthetic. I just felt no pleasure reading it, neither "sadistic" nor "masochistic".
I didn't rank it lowest only because it's Chuck Palahniuk. (show less)

 

 

by Bayandur Pogosyan

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  Imagine a lullaby once meant for the sick and infirm that puts the hearer to sleep. Only rather than waking in the morning, they instead pass from sleep into a peaceful death. Now, imagine that lullaby being printed in a collection of children's stories and read to children everywhere before bed.

  Palahniuk's characters embark on a mission to collect all remaining copies of that particular collection of children's stories and, in true Palahniuk fashion, encounter more spectacular situations t... (show more)

  Imagine a lullaby once meant for the sick and infirm that puts the hearer to sleep. Only rather than waking in the morning, they instead pass from sleep into a peaceful death. Now, imagine that lullaby being printed in a collection of children's stories and read to children everywhere before bed.

  Palahniuk's characters embark on a mission to collect all remaining copies of that particular collection of children's stories and, in true Palahniuk fashion, encounter more spectacular situations than anyone could ever imagine. Can they recover and destroy the books without being insnared by the desired to use the lullaby to solve their personal problems? Will they ruin themselves and each other in the process?

  If you're a CP fan, you'll definitely enjoy this book. If you've never read any of his work before, this is a good place to start. Lullaby is a gripping, fast read that will keep you guessing until the last page. (show less)

   

   

  by Facebook-användare on Oct 03, 2009 at 08:44PM

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  Yet another intricate and delightfully twisted yarn from Seattle maniac, Chuch Palahniuk! Maybe there is no such thing as an original idea, but crazy Chuck seems to come about as close to originating as anyone can. Palahniuk has a gift for packing his stories full of things that make you wonder--Lullaby is stuffed to the gills. The premise alone is fascinating. An ancient African culling song, designed to put old or sick individuals to sleep forever, is included in an anthology of verses... (show more)

  Yet another intricate and delightfully twisted yarn from Seattle maniac, Chuch Palahniuk! Maybe there is no such thing as an original idea, but crazy Chuck seems to come about as close to originating as anyone can. Palahniuk has a gift for packing his stories full of things that make you wonder--Lullaby is stuffed to the gills. The premise alone is fascinating. An ancient African culling song, designed to put old or sick individuals to sleep forever, is included in an anthology of verses from around the world and made widely available in American libraries. Unaware that the song causes death, parents proceed to kill their babies by singing the song to them at bedtime. A newspaper reporter named Carl discovers the source of the soaring infant-death rates and decides he has to find and destroy every last copy of the song before it falls into the wrong hands. It gets weirder from there. Think Tom Robbins. Both disturbing and highly entertaining. (show less)

   

   

  by Alex Zuccarelli on Sep 09, 2009 at 12:36AM

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