BOOK REVIEW: Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
How many of you bookworms have watched Evil Dead Rise and the recent The Mummy movies? Were you pulled in by the mix of horror and body horror portrayed? If your answers were yes, this book is definitely meant to be in your hands.
This novel is a collection of stories—twenty-three unforgettable tales that range from terrifying and darkly funny to shocking and deeply unsettling. They’re narrated by individuals who responded to an ad titled “Artists’ Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months.”
They’re made to believe that this place will free them from the distractions of everyday life that have been holding them back from creating the masterpiece within them. But “here” proves to be a vast, ornate old theatre where they’re completely cut off from the outside world—and where heat, electricity, and, most critically, food grow increasingly scarce.
As their situation grows more dire, so do the stories they spin—and the more cunning their schemes become to cast themselves as the hero of the inevitable play, film, or bestselling account of their ordeal.
In his afterword, the author has recounted his experiences at many public readings where individuals have fainted hearing his story. Reading it myself, I know why exactly they fainted so be truly prepared to read this - clear warning has been given.
