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The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk

12 reviews

kris_hayward's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Ok then

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood

savshelfinger's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

…and that’s why you don’t mix booze and Ambien.

I wish Mitzi was better-developed as a character; she’s def not Chuck’s most rounded out antiheroine  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

meyn's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, and Fire/Fire injury

cait_henry56's review

challenging dark reflective tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Having read a majority of his books, I figure I'm a connoisseur of Palahniuk's work and let me tell you, The Invention of Sound has that same sharp sting of his early work with a more nuanced thematic cohesion that comes with writing so much. The concept of sharing emotions and burdens through communal sound is something I was already interested in, so this book could not have come into my life at a better time. Absolutely recommend to anyone who thinks they can handle Chuck Palahniuk at his absolute best 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Trafficking and Pregnancy

zachzakku's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Boy howdy this book is messed up. Like gee whiz.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Child death

caseyf's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy

wayward's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

illiterate_lobster's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Pregnancy

sinisterbeard's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Compulsively unpleasant mash up of Blow Out, American Psycho and Halloween III. Goes off the rails towards the end, but fast and easy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

ladyramkin's review

dark informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This is a standard Chuck Palahniuk novel. What I mean to say is that it’s like he went down an ADHD hyperfixation rabbit hole on sound and foley artists and this is his version of a fictionalized TedTalk. 

As always, his strongest gift is his commanding voice. You KNOW when you’re reading something by Palahniuk and honestly I think that’s why people enjoy his work. It’s the same shared energy as a Catholic mass in some regards. I found myself hypnotized by his writing even though I lost track of the plot in the middle of Part 2. Maybe that was my fault; I read too fast, I treated it like a sprint when I should have treated it like a marathon. However, the lack of chapters meant that I could never stop and breathe, I just kept going until exhausted I stopped.

Overall I feel like this was a combination of Lullaby and Diary. Plot elements of both books feature heavily here but it took on its own form of horror. It’s good, but I didn’t love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, and Violence