Name: martian1138's review of Survivor: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
Item: Survivor: A Novel
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Author: martian1138

Chuck Palahniuk

“A wild amphetamine ride through the vagaries of fame and the nature of belief.”—San Francisco Chronicle Tender Branson—last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult—is dictating his life story into Flight 2039’s recorder. He is all alone in the airplane, which will crash shortly into the vast Australian outback. But before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child to an ultra-buffed, steroid- and collagen-packed media messiah. Unpredictable and unforgettable, Survivor is Chuck Palahniuk at his deadpan peak: a mesmerizing, unnerving, and hilarious satire on the wages of fame and the bedrock lunacy of the modern world.

Survivor: A Novel

"Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane's black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult and, like all Creedish younger sons, hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. As media messiah he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally and apocalyptically spiralling out of control."

Survivor

james cao

Because the only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage. 

It's music as walpaper, utilitarian, music as Prozac or Xanax to control how you feel. Music as aerosol room freshener. 

"Brilliantly satiric and savagely funny, Survivor is a wild amphetamine ride through the vagaries of fame and the nature of belief." --San Francisco Chronicle

A Novel

seth 

может быть, это просто игра света и тени, но я съел омара почти целиком и только в самом конце заметил, что у него бьется сердце

Lianne M.

I think I am getting more and more emo as I embrace myself. Got charmed by the  mausoleum synthetic flowers, actually laughed out loud, thinking it broke my boring streak. Then the book said - dying of boredom - death is the only mistery left. Pleasantly entertaining, the rhythm is juicy, no wonder they wanted to make this a movie. But still -

I think this one is for teenage boys at best?

martian1138

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I think I am getting more and more emo as I embrace myself. Got charmed by the  mausoleum synthetic flowers, actually laughed out loud, thinking it broke my boring streak. Then the book said - dying of boredom - death is the only mistery left. Pleasantly entertaining, the rhythm is juicy, no wonder they wanted to make this a movie. But still -

Satire is not my type,

I think this one is for teenage boys at best?

Knowing how this story starts and ends does not remotely clue you in to what happens between the two

a novel

Patrick Book

So clearly his best work, especially after reading several of his newer books recently.

Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane's black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult and, like all Creedish younger sons, hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. As media messiah he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally and apocalyptically spiralling out of control.

It's a shame that we never got the slated then canned 'Survivor' film (bc 9/11) - but as someone put it best on Bluesky-

"the reason so many millennials don’t take 9/11 stuff seriously is that we took it deadly, terrifyingly serious when it happened, and then grew up watching the people we trusted to guide us through this serious event instead use it to fuel the most deeply unserious 20 years in american history."

- I wish David Fincher would reproach the film now.

Adam Goehrig-Bawany

Wonderful book, Palahniuk at his finest.

It's a shame that we never got the slated then canned 'Survivor' film (bc 9/11) - but as someone put it best on Bluesky-

"the reason so many millennials don’t take 9/11 stuff seriously is that we took it deadly, terrifyingly serious when it happened, and then grew up watching the people we trusted to guide us through this serious event instead use it to fuel the most deeply unserious 20 years in american history."

- I wish David Fincher would reproach the film now.

Jayme Bosio

I love Chuck Palahniuk's writing style - it's funny and philosophical. However, his characters tend to annoy me. There is no growth or personal development - just whiny people talking about how we're dying one minute at a time.

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elif sinem

So this is a pretty good book. The prose is strong, it finishes off quite nicely, and what it had to say about media and media craze was pretty nice. It had two godtier chapters, the other ones are alright. Personally my biggest two problems are 1) I feel like neither of the characters were fleshed out, but worst off was Adam who was pretty cool actually and 2) the fertility / sex thing didnt really intrigue me tbh. So yeah. It was a nice time with this book I would say. p.s: patd still think they're slick

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