“Lullaby” – Chuck Palahniuk
“These noise-oholics. These quiet-ophobics.”
I like to imagine that Chuck wrote this book because he was tired of noise, and according to an interview he did with SuicideGirls.com, he did; cell phones ringing, babies crying, bass booming, and our “true hero,” Carl Streator, just wants them all to cease.
This book was kinda laid out like Fight Club in that you’re not sure who is who and what they want until the end, and it contains many of the same themes; very man-against-self. It’s about power grabbing, as evidenced by everyone’s stereos trying to one up each other, killing people for bumping against you in the street, offing women who wouldn’t look at you once, much less twice, and having sex with them when they can’t say no. And all this is not-so-nicely hidden behind a real-life horroresque story about witches. Culling spells and grimoires and wiccans, oh my. And by real life, I mean Chuck knows how to grab us by the back of the head and make us stare into the mirror. And it’s horror-ble.
“I need to rebel against myself.
It’s the opposite of following your bliss. I need to do what I most fear.”
Interspersed with thought provoking one liners. I liked it. 4 out of 5.
1 – SUCK!
2 – I guess I should at least finish it…
3 – I kinda liked this one.
4 – Love it!
5 – One of my favorites of all time.