Review: Rant by Chuck Palahnuik
Genre: Novel, Satire
Page Count: 319
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: May 1,2007
My Rating:★★★☆☆
There's a story inside a story inside a story in "Rant." There's also a great deal of ranting too. I think this book was meant to be read between the lines, a societies catch 22. Rabies represents the rebels, day timers are the redcoats. "Party crashing" is the entertainment created to stay sane. You're presented the detailed life of Rant Casey through everyone's eyes but his own, and of course not while he's alive but after he's dead (or is he dead?). "The future you had tomorrow, won't be the same future you had yesterday." - The whole time travel hiccup in this book threw me for a loop, wasn't expecting that paradox to be thrown in; it left an after taste, leaving me to question the role of a few characters. With the use of a car salesman pitching a lot of the story, it's almost like you don't know what to believe or not to believe, which is kind of the point. People will buy anything if you present it to them right.
Highlights and Thoughts:
- This book is an oral biography of a "killer" some would call feral.
- The main character himself, sounded like a new age "Lost Boy" just trying to have fun.
- Rant doesn't compare well to other books written by Chuck Palahniuk, sure same satire and crude sense but the way the reading material is presented (as others testimonials) it's a very different style.
- I didn't hate or love this book.
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