thoughts?

[____fromfaraway]

I am only about 1/3rd of the way through with Pygmy, but I definitely don’t hate it. More & more I’m actually loving it. Granted it’s a tough read, but that’s exactly what makes it so refreshingly Palahniuk; it is so stomach-churning, so witty and disgusting and “omgnohedidNOT!” The fact that the reader must take the time and decode the language in

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[xbettiemachetex]

thank you! just thank you!

[____fromfaraway]

do you agree! i hope you do. i feel so alone. haha

[xbettiemachetex]

well, you are alone no longer!! I've been reading everyone bash on it since it came out. It seems like the first day it was on the stand people were already posting that they hated it. I was like...did you actually take TIME to read it or did you just run through it without trying to appreciate anything he did? He took the time to write it we should take more than a couple of hours to read it and appreciate it.

[falenimortal117]

You have compelled me to pick up Pygmy next time I have the chance :D I have to this point been somewhat apprehensive about reading his more recent works because I was afraid it would just be for shock-value without the Palahniuk depth and complexities that we know and love...

...but now I'm looking forward to reading it :) Thanks! ^^

[____fromfaraway]

I too was sick of the whole "grasping for shock-value" air his last few books conveyed..but with Pygmy, I get those warm fuzzy feelings like... "Disgusting...but THAT's my boy!"

[blueblindbee]

*clap clap*

:)

[metasynthesthia]

I've been waiting to hear something good. I'm definitely going to have to pick this up now as I've been a fan from the beginning. :)

Thank you!

[lheannon]

I read the whole thing and I still think it's a piece of crap.

The story, when you find it buried under unnecessary gibberish, is boring and predictable. And don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan. I just think he's running out of things to write about.

[____fromfaraway]

Do you really think the gibberish was unneccessary though? I think it adds to the character's [ironic] "innocence." It keeps me from hating him..haha

[lheannon]

Some use of it wouldn't have been unnecessary, but I do believe that the amount and depth of the complete gibberish is completely not needed. There's a part in the book that's an entire paragraph that could have been summed up "My host brother replaced the batteries in the TV remote", however we get an entire paragraph describing it in detailed broken English.

[oublei]

Ditto.