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Snuff (Hardcover)

by Chuck Palahniuk (Author)
2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday Books; 1 edition (20 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385517882
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385517881
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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Herald, Doug Johnstone

'... confirms Palahniuk once again as a compelling, daring and vital writer.' --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


Esquire, Mark Lawson

'...if he set out to see if a novel could still shock, Palahniuk has succeeded' --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Three things to know before buying, 14 Aug 2008
By The Slim Reaper (london) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: Snuff (Hardcover)
1. This is a very short novella (the text is printed in big type to make for more pages), you'll read it in an hour or so.

2. Once the paper seal is removed the book cover is pornographic. You won't be able to read this on the train, in the office, or whilst your children are around.

3. The 'story' doesn't even start to measure up to the author's earlier stuff. In comparison to books like Invisible Monsters or Survivor this book is very, very weak. There are no skewed ideas to play with, or off the wall revelations to ponder. Even without comparison to earlier books the principles of this short story are 10 years too late to be edgy.

Very disappointing all-round.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Deja Voyeur, 14 Jul 2008
This review is from: Snuff (Hardcover)
Save time reading this book, and read Kevin Bisch's article "The Gang's All Here" in Salon online. It's basically the exact same story, except good. Better novels about porn are probably Irvine Welsh's "Porno" or "The Pornographer-General" F.U. Stein.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars the darker side of life, 22 Sep 2008
This review is from: Snuff (Hardcover)
One thing I will say about Palahniuk is that he manages to write in such a way that you can smell the unwashed bodies, the urine smell from the toilet, the buffet table laden with crisps and sweets and the body odour of the 600 assembled men. Basically, he manages to write in such a way that you feel slightly grimy by the time you finish one of his books.
Don't get me wrong, this is definitely a skill, but I felt that the voices of the 4 characters (72, 137, 600 and sheila) were all a little too similar.
In some ways I was dissapointed in this book - the characters just seemd to be lacking something, and it seemed that the author set out to try and shock more than to tell a story.
On the other hand, I did sit and read the whle thing in one go - although that was not too hard as this is quite a short novel.
I do not think this book will win Palahniuk too many new fans, although I could see teens who ahve not encountered this kind of book before enjoying it, and I think longterm fans will enjoy the book. It is definitely very inkeeping with Palahniuks "style" of writing, but it is not my favourite of his books.
It is trickey, as on the one hand it is a very evocative work, but on the other hand, it was not as good as some of his other things.
As one person pointed out, the cover does feature a pair of breasts, but as with the rest of this book, there is nothing erotic about the image, or in the story itself - in fact if anything, this book is a pretty good antidote to feeling frisky.
If you are a fan I would give this book a try, if you want to buy a young adult something "edgy" it may be worth a go, but if you are new to this author I think you would be better starting off with Fight Club.
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