Not Forever, But For Now
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Not Forever, But For Now

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers that are destined to take over. Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers growing up privileged in the Welsh countryside. They enjoy watching nature shows, playing with their pet pony, impersonating their Grandfather...and killing the help. Murder is the family business after all. Downton Abbey, this is not. However, it’s not so easy to continue the family legacy with the constant stream of threats and distractions seemingly leaping from the hedgerow. First there is the matter of the veritable cavalcade of escaped convicts that keep showing up at their door. Not to mention the debaucherous new tutor who has a penchant for speaking in Greek and dismembering sex dolls. Then there’s Mummy’s burgeoning opioid addiction. And who knows where Daddy is. He just vanished one day after he and Mummy took a walk in the so called “Ghost Forest.” With Grandfather putting pressure on Otto to step up, it becomes clear that this will all end in only two ways: a nuclear apocalypse or just another day among the creeping thistle and tree peonies. And in a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk, either are equally possible.
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Amanda Autumn Berrey@booksofautumn
2.5 stars
Sep 15, 2024

This novel just kind of went in circles. I love this author usually so I was disappointed, but this novel wasn’t for me.

+4
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Jack A. Lopez@jackal0peman
3 stars
Apr 22, 2024

Being am avid reader of Chuck Palahniuk'a works, I expected to enjoy this one more than I did. Maybe it was the narrator's verbal tics, the...uh...detestable relations between himself and his brother (although I'm one of those people who insists on separating the work from the creator—hence, my enjoyment of Palahniuk's oeuvre), or the not-very-captivating plot sequence. But to be fair, we've already been graced many times over with works such as Invisible Monsters, Rant, Lullaby, and Tell-All (probably my favorite of his books)—and maybe Palahniuk is mellowing out with age.

+3
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Anna Bush@annabandana222
2 stars
Oct 26, 2023