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  • Much more than you would expect

  • While Palahniuk's books typically contain a lot more than meets the eye, I found this to be especially true of Haunted. While some of the stories may shock you (or even cause you to feel a little lightheaded, nauseous, or faint--believe me when I say you should always sit down while reading this boo ... Continue

    While Palahniuk's books typically contain a lot more than meets the eye, I found this to be especially true of Haunted. While some of the stories may shock you (or even cause you to feel a little lightheaded, nauseous, or faint--believe me when I say you should always sit down while reading this book), the brutal and gruesome nature of many of them explores human identity and nature, our presumptions about and expectations of life and what lies ahead, and above all, our desperate and unspoken desire for pain and suffering and a villain upon which to blame it. Deftly written, in true Palahniuk fashion.

    

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• ― Chezmerelda said on Aug 2, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  • Eewww Gross. Is this susposed to be under catagorized under dark humor because I didn't find any humor in it at all. But then again I did finish reading it. I feel guilty, it's like staring at a car accident.

    

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• ― Icedream said on Sep 15, 2007 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.

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