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Fantastic writing here if you like Palahniuk. It's so well paced that it shouldn't take more than a few days either
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Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk, aka the guy who wrote/directed the movie fightclub 🤫)
The book is about a bunch of random folks that respond to an ad in the paper about a luxurious writers retreat, where they'll be given the space and sunshine to write their 'great masterpiece.'
Except the peace and quiet is too much pressure, so they decide to wreck havoc and sabotage each other.
Most interestingly, the format of the book is broken into a main-story line, poems, and short-stories from each of the characters as you're introduced to their masterpiece.
It's total hell, totally funny, and gave me all of the unsettling vibes and undercurrents I get from watching White Lotus. Like a bomb is about to go off.
P.S. there is one short-story called 'guts' that is the most diabolically gross writing I've ever read. You can go find that for yourself on the web. (its the 3rd chapter of the book if you want to avoid it)
Jan 9, 2025
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⭐I read all ~750 or however manny pages in 3 days, it sucks you in like you're a character in it
Feb 22, 2025
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📖I went to Miami for Art Basel and by the end of the weekend I was filled with hangxiety so I spent an extra day sitting on the beach reading Stephanie LaCava’s newish novel I Fear My Pain Interests You. It’s about the daughter of two punk rock stars who suffers from “congenital analgesia,” which means she feels no physical pain, and though it’s definitely not a breezy beach read, it destroyed me, in a good way.
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