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[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If you've come across the short story Guts at some point, it's apparently part of the book Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. I haven't read the whole book so not sure what the other stories are like but this story is really trying to be both gross and fucked up.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's one of my favourite books. If you take it in the sort of gory comedy horror genre (thinking evil dead), it's actually pretty great and has more depth to it than just horror stories.

Some of his later books get much worse, more gory, and far less interesting. He's really just going for shock value in a lot of them. I stopped reading after the pink sock in Pygmy (couldn't even finish the book).

[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I looked it up again when writing this comment and even though most reviews are negative they do make it sound pretty interesting. I've put it in a maaaybe list.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you want to start with another less horrifying book by him (that isn't fight club), I'd highly recommend Rant or invisible monsters

[–] RickMoreanus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Rant was fantastic, and I also agree wholeheartedly with everything everyone says about Guts.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I read Guts for the first time in an issue of playboy when I was in my early teens... I still vividly remember reading the titular bit at the end. And also how it affects his family....

Goddamn.