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Invisible Monsters

I recently read “Invisible Monsters” by Chuck Palahniuk. Where do I begin? This book was written as a statement to the publishers who didn’t want to pick up “Fight Club” because they thought it was too disturbing. This is was his F-You to the mainstream.

That being said, Monsters was one of the most sexually perverse and sadistic books I’ve ever read or can imagine reading. It’s hard to get through the first 100 pages not only because of the content, but because his story structure resembles that of buck shot. It’s like he wrote a book, individually cut out every paragraph, shuffled them up and pasted them back together.

I cannot in good conscience recommend this book to anyone. However, if your mind frequently travels to dark places like my own, I can say you will be intrigued. By the time I finished "Invisible Monsters” I was contented. I enjoyed the payoff of the story, and I’ve always been a fan of Palahniuk’s writing style. I anxiously await his new material. But at the same time, I’m a little worried about that fact.