Reviews and Comments

Secret true stories are... a thing..?

I bought this book when it first released a decade ago and only made it a chapter or two in.. I used to read all of Palahniuk's books, but couldn't get in to Tell All, and I think this followed right after, and I haven't touched any of his books since.. So this will be an adventure.

Kind of a drag. Frequently witty, but mostly felt like a lot of missed opportunities. I do appreciate it for what it is though. The subtext in this almost feels like it's in neon it's so hard to miss.

I don't remember when I read this; some time after starting the show. Season 1's main arch is lifted straight from this book, then the show went a totally different direction from the book series. (And I'm glad it did) I read the second one as well and it was... more supernatural?

I started this after a binge/hyper-focus on the Universal Monsters franchise, and particularly enjoyed the Frankenstein movies. The book is (literally) an entirely different monster. Surprisingly little of what is in the movies are in this book. I very much do not regret picking it up.