You know it’s bad when your the sort of person that doesn’t even cringe through ‘Guts’

all Chuck Palahniuk’s books are amazing. Unlike most people however i think that this is one of his best pieces. If a book is able to make you cry-retch and still want to read it, it must be pretty amazing.

If you are one of those people who are unable to look away from a car wreck then you should love it!

Although it’s not my favourite I feel that relegating it to the ‘not worth reading’ pile is a little unfair. It is true that you do spend much of the time feeling sick but at the same time I found it amazing that his writing can have such a profound physical effect. And as for people fainting at his readings well, wow.

I found the short stories much better than the interlocking main story but still all in all a good read.

Didn’t like this one too much. The short stories were cool, and I think I would have enjoyed them more as a stand-alone collection. I didn’t really get much of the back story of all the characters, and the main story itself really didn’t do much for me. I kept reading and reading hoping for the usual “Chuck Palahniuk Mindfuck” at the end (you know, the usual ended that turns out that the story you were reading the whole time really wasn’t the main story at all thing.)

Anyway, this book seemed more like a “shock value” type thing. Or one of those “final books of a contract i wanna get out of” type thing.

I fainted

I thought it was pretty good, but the best part was watching my friends reaction when I read ‘guts’ to him.

I really like Chuck Paluhniuk. Lullaby and Fight Club are great – but this didn’t really work for me – I found the gross out factor became a bit boring.

Shame. Because when I did read the Guts story in the Guardian, I really did feel as if I was going to be sick.