Diary
By Chuck Palahniuk
After Misty Wimot’s husband attempts
suicide and ends up in a coma her mother in law suggest she keep a diary for
him, writing down all of the mundane things she can think of so that when he
wakes up he will know what he has missed. Misty’s diary is full of anger at her
husband as she finds messages he has sealed away in houses all over the island
they live on, but soon her diary takes a dark twist as the islanders push her
to paint again and once she does she soon winds up regretting her decision.
This is the first novel by Chuck
Palahniuk I have read so I didn’t know quite what to expect. I wouldn’t exactly
classify this as a horror novel but it is twisted and demented that there
cannot be another genre so fitting. The novel starts off sarcastic and mean but
when your husband calls you a fat cow in messages he has left before he tries
to kill himself, well needless to say you’d be pissed off too. When you hear
about a woman who is surviving such an incident you would think there is no way
I can understand how that character feels, but the author manages to bring each
character to life so vividly you completely sympathize feeling each emotion she
feels and wanting to play her drinking game right along with her. But the best
part of the novel is the ending; with a spectacular twist that is sure to leave
you going “What the heck?” this author definitely saved the best for last. I
had thought I figured it out and then Chuck Palahniuk came out of left field
with such an amazing twist I can’t wait to read more of his work.
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