Start your review of Rant. Feb 02, Shannon rated it did not like it Recommends it for: the drooling rabid. Shelves: festival-of-suck. I can't do it. I can't finish this book. Usually Palahniuk creates fairly unsympathetic characters, as in this book, and that I'm used to.
Because it WORKS; the plot-lines of his books are always ridiculous in a totally fascinating way, which makes up for the stupid characters. However, Rant bored the fuck out of me. I tried. I read more than half and I do not care about this nutjob guy and his rabies and his slobbering all over the ladies, or the driving around in cars being obnoxious or whatev I can't do it.
I read more than half and I do not care about this nutjob guy and his rabies and his slobbering all over the ladies, or the driving around in cars being obnoxious or whatever other bullshit he's engaging in. So this book fails in the one arena that Palahniuk is totally capable of: being morbidly amusing. Also: in the first like.. I don't know, I forget now, but I'm pretty sure semen and excrement was in there too.
See what you have reduced me to, Palahnkuik? For either one of us. Stop writing books, Palahniuk. I put a pox upon you. I will take the pox off when you stop writing like a caricature of yourself and actually develop some substance rather than relying on shock-value and things that only a hipster dbag would find meaningful. Edit: I realize I misspelled his name a few times in this review but: suck it, Palalalahiuk and all Palankik fans.
I think I will have to actually go back and read this in its entirety someday. Because I'm still a bit curious. I'm too much of an elitist bitch to be able to enjoy it right now. View all 59 comments. I'm not a Chuck P fan simply because he is "edgy" or because I get off on the so-called depravity of his often violent and sexual themes.
I know a few folks like that. What I enjoyed most about this book was the structure, the measured reveal. Based on the oral tradition, each chapter is composed of brief statements from a cast of dozens.
Individually, these narrators are hopelessly unreliable, but taken together they form a whole picture that is more true than any single testimony could be. I' I'm not a Chuck P fan simply because he is "edgy" or because I get off on the so-called depravity of his often violent and sexual themes. I'm a sucker for an unreliable narrator, so give me a couple dozen and I'm in heaven. Some critics accuse the author of choosing gruesome subject matter for shock value, but in this book, at least I found the weaving of those violent themes to be compelling rather than repugnant.
Another aspect I appreciated was the inclusion of "experts" whose testimonies were full of academic and theoretical pontifications. I think that was Chuck poking fun at himself and his "edgy" reputation. View 2 comments.
Nov 10, Laurie rated it it was ok Shelves: audiobook. WTF did I just read and why did I finish it? This book is a mish-mash of narrators, grossness, time travel, car crashes, a rabies plague, segregation and dull characters. I kept hoping it would improve and then it was just over. This story somewhat follows a dull-witted character named Buster or Rant as he's better known who gets off on catching rabies.
His attraction to pain and rabies eventually leads to a rabies plague. The story is told from the various and far too many points of view of p WTF did I just read and why did I finish it? The two don't mix, they have curfews and are fined if they break 'em. It took many a rewinding before I just let the frigging thing go and then things started to gel somewhat. From what I can gather Rant grows up in a stereotypical small white-trashy town which appears to be the dumping ground for unwanted dogs, tampons and used condoms.
Somehow he has a superhuman sense of smell and can sniff out a soiled condom or tampon and know from whom it once belonged to. This book is gross for no other than to ick out the reader. This is fine if the book is fun but it's not. It's boring and the characters unsympathetic. So what did I learn?
Did I really need to know that? He "inoculates" himself with venom from various critters and rabid animals at an early age. There are some things we never need to know about a person. And then time travel enters the picture and my brain explodes. I like weird books but they have to be interesting. This one just wasn't. View all 21 comments. Oct 31, Matthew Quann rated it it was amazing Shelves: favourites , sci-fi.
Chuck Palahniuk is the literary equivalent of punk rock. In a book that pulls on varied and important themes, Rant: An Oral History of Buster Casey manages to feature an exceptionally peculiar storyline that never stops at its primary goal: being a hell of a good time. This is a book that deals with important topics, like religion and the meaning of life, but doesn't keep itself neatly organized and stacked with pristine white pages.
Instead, Rant is a beautiful book with pages askew that just h Chuck Palahniuk is the literary equivalent of punk rock. Instead, Rant is a beautiful book with pages askew that just happens to be covered in the dirt and slime of real life. Pulling on the underused oral biography format, Palahniuk is able to fully flesh out a huge cast of characters and an immense story in a relatively quick read. Essentially, this is a novel with the long expositional passages replaced with non-stop dialogue.
It is initially jarring, but this novel pulls from a history of stories being told conversationally. The format of oral history reinforces the themes of the novel: the development of fame and legend through, essentially, word of mouth, while also being a stylistic and enjoyable experience.
The plot? Honestly, I don't even want to talk too much about what happens in Rant. There is a lot of joy in not knowing what you are in for. The novel is roughly divided into three acts, and each one plays on a different part of our main character's Buster "Rant" Casey life. This novel never stays stagnant, and moves with the speed of a Party Crashing vehicle on a collision course.
All the same, on this second read, it had me flipping back to the start to pick up the trail of candy crumbs pill capsules? Palahniuk has deftly interwoven for a stellar finish. This novel is sci-fi, in that it is set in the future, but doesn't use its genre moorings as a crutch.
Oh, and its weird. As in, some of the weirdest stuff you may have ever read in a novel. Bottom line, you aren't going to read many books as unique or as much fun as Rant. There's other stuff too, but don't read up about it, go in clean.
You'll come out dirty, but you'll have been highly entertained in the process. View all 9 comments. Feb 15, Kemper rated it it was amazing Shelves: future-is-now , humor , dystopia , sci-fi , germs-viruses , r.
After he grows up and moves to the city, Rant joins a disenfranchised part of society forced by law to stay in their homes during the day and who get their kicks by crashing cars into each other. After his spectacular fiery death, the government labels him a bio-terrorist who unleashed a deadly outbreak of rabies while others claim that Rant may have had a larger destiny than anyone can imagine.
The mishmash of weird anecdotes about a guy who seems to be completely fucked in the head eventually coalesce into a wild narrative that almost makes an audible click as the story starts locking together. Like all of Chuck P. View all 4 comments. What the hell? Let me first say I love Chuck P. I love his usually disturbing stories and weird characters. I don't mind the fact that he seems a little crazy, and I don't mind all of the sex he writes about.
I like him! This book was just bad in my opinion. Maybe if I knew it had an amazing ending I could have pushed through the last half, but after the first half of this book I realized I didn't care at all about Buster, or his story. So I stopped reading What the hell? So I stopped reading. This book seemed to be over the top in grossness which seemed like he was relying on pure shock value.
I also didn't much enjoy the writing in oral history fashion, but he made it clear this is how it was going to be since page one so that's my own fault. I'm giving this two stars instead of one, because I so always enjoy his humor, and it's present in this book again. The writing is still good, I just found the story lacking. I don't think I would recommend this book to anyone. I want to read another Chuck P.
Not sure which one to move onto next, though. View all 13 comments. Jan 01, Stephen M rated it really liked it Recommends it for: People who don't mind mindless fun. Shelves: tears-of-beautiful-laughter. A Brief Caveat It feels somewhat strange and almost in bad taste to be reviewing a Chuck Palahnuik book because this just happened. Enter a crazed, rabid fan of Chuck P.
That crazed fan was promptly shouted down by a loyal troll-fighting clan of goodreaders but then several sock-puppets joined in on the bashing. Introductionary Quote, S. While SD is a sprawling masterpiece, filled with tons of side stories and with every last conceivable minutiae about its characters detailed in long paragraph chunks, Rant is a much more focused piece of writing.
The chapters are much shorter. The characters are consistent and there are very few un-introduced characters through the middle and end. SD just covers so much ground. You got a sense for an entire era of intellectuals and bourgeoning writers and most importantly, each character that is interviewed gets a long time to talk.
Writing Style cont. What I came to realize though, was that not every book ought to be of this maximalist, sprawling style in order to appeal to me. I can also love a book that strips away everything it deems unnecessary and stick to just the story at hand.
So, I think there has to be a reason why I can enjoy a book that limits itself to just a small slice of its world and not the entire pie. It was fun to spend some time in a book that is focused and controlled and never rambled on for too long and each chapter title was explicitly clear as to the content therein. This is more or less a strawman of his work. I think there is some substance to this criticism because in many ways, that is what a lot of his books are about.
And to this I would probably agree. But I think that for a person like me, I can still enjoy something purely for its fun and entertainment, even if for many other concerns it is not successful. Because the experience of a book is almost completely contingent on the expectations you bring to it and the frame by which you judge it. But there comes a point when such judgement seems unnecessary. In short, this book was just a lot of fun and it had enough clever things in it to keep me entertained and my brain distracted enough that it allowed me to revel in the crass, irreverent humor and fun.
This is probably not doing much to convince anyone who already hates Chuck P. The song sounds like a Palahniuk book waiting to be written. View all 16 comments. Jun 12, Darwin8u rated it really liked it Shelves: Or witnesses. He was so damn close. He just didn't close it at the end. It was a poem that ended in a whimper. The mixture was nearly perfect, just not flammable. But don't say Chuck didn't try. Reading Rant was like watching a blind guy juggle a bunch of balls, some are on fire, and some you realize are actually burning cats.
Palahniuk exists on an edge of grotesque, absurdity and social criticism that sometimes makes you lose sight of the shore. You forget what the normal is. You forget the boundaries. You are caught between a weird night and equally bizarre day. Five major takeaways from this novel which I might one day delve into deeper if I ever find myself with too much Liminal time or space in-between : 1.
It flew. But it just ended meh. No bang. No cliff. Just a strange, absurd, grotesque, incestuous loop. View all 3 comments. It's not everyday you read a book about rabies, the origins of God, time travel, and bumper cars. Seeing that this is a Chuck Palahniuk book, I shouldn't be surprised that this novel hops barriers and barrels through genres without a single fuck given for your comfort or confusion level.
Buster "Rant" Casey can tell you what you had for breakfast three days ago, what kind of flowers you have waiting in a vase back at home, and whether your shower head is steel or bronze simply by eating your pus It's not everyday you read a book about rabies, the origins of God, time travel, and bumper cars. Buster "Rant" Casey can tell you what you had for breakfast three days ago, what kind of flowers you have waiting in a vase back at home, and whether your shower head is steel or bronze simply by eating your pussy.
That's talent folks. Of course, all this is explained, but for a while all you can do is laugh. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey is so fucking absurd that you will begin to think you are reading bizarro fiction. Before it's all over everything is explained and you're left wondering how in the Greater Balls of Christ Palahniuk managed to juggle all these different voices and plot threads into one cogent narrative. Invisible Monsters is still my favorite of his works, but this is the new runner up.
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