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Diary
by: Chuck Palahniuk

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780099453987
ISBN: 0099453983
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: September 02, 2004
Publisher: Vintage
Studio: Vintage
Sales Rank: 20996

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Unbelievable, repititive, compelling
The novel takes the form of a diary written by former art-student, Misty, as she makes some horrible revelations about her husband and the community in which she lives. Unfortunately it is difficult to imagine someone actually writing a diary in the minimalistic, repititive style of Palahniuk. The story becomes increasingly unbelievable, and I'm afraid the ending does not make the novel make more sense (quite the opposite) unlike the ending in the film 'Fight Club'.

I haven't read much horror, perhaps the genre requires the reader to dispell his or her disbelief more than I was able to. Why does Misty mention facts about (real) artists constantly, while not mentioning any facts about the fictional artists central to the novel? Is ... Read More:

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- He writes like a pro
Chuck Palahniuk is one of those writers who, after you've read one of his books, you have to read all the others. It's the same way with the works of David Sedaris and Jackson McCrae; Christopher Moore, too. And so I came by way of Diary through Fight Club and Survivor.

Palahniuk's works are dark and disturbing, but there's a wry, cynical humor there also. He obviously owes a debt of gratitude to Kurt Vonnegut and the likes of even Oscar Wilde, but he's made his style his own and it's one heck of a style.

As usual, the author wraps his books around some theme (infanticide, choking, etc) but the ideas go deeper and more complex than you can imagine. Much in the same was as McCrae's Katzenjammer does with its odd twists ... Read More:

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- "Everything is a self-portrait"
Chuck Palahniuk's sixth novel takes the form a 'coma diary' written by Misty Wilmot, a washed-up art student whose husband, Peter, has been left unconscious after a botched suicide. Long-time readers of Palahniuk will immediately recognise the author's distinct, so-called nihilistic style, and like Fight Club and Lullaby before it, Diary is both blackly comic and astoundingly original. Take for, example, the opening line from the book's second entry (June 22): "By the time you read this, you'll be older than you remember." In the four pages that follow, Palahniuk succeeds in identifying Peter as a rather despicable character and eliciting sympathy for the long suffering Misty - all by way of a simple science lesson about the movement of the facial ... Read More:

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- Half baked pseudo-philosophy
This book really did not live up to its reviews. I was expecting great things after reading several of Palahniuk's other novels but the plot line and writing style of Diary left me wondering what went wrong. Palahniuk fills his work with so many references to scientific and artistic terms (often inaccurate) that the real story and narrative is lost under such attempts to prove to the reader just how clever he is being. However this often falls flat when his references are patronising (maybe I'm the only reader who already knew what a camera obscura was, but I doubt it) or require seriously clunky dialogue between the characters in order to explain themselves. As for the storyline, whilst I wasnt expecting straightforward realism (obviously) I was hoping ... Read More:

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- Wrong side of a different track...
Diary is another of Mr P's extraordinary books, which will enthral and exhilarate readers from the first to the last page.

One of the things that frustrates me about Palahniuk, which is also probably the greatest reason why he is still manages to evades cheesy main stream writing by continuing in his nihilistic style, is simply this... you never see where a plot line is going. The depth of this book is undeniable. This can lead to frustration when reading Diary as he often leaves you with a substantial headache as you try to figure out the plots twists and turns before they happen.

This book is for the Palahniuk fan not the Chuck starter. Read Survivor, Choke or Lullaby (probably in that order) to get you started... You could even ... Read More:

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