Has anyone read this book?
The promotions for it stated "Best book since Fight Club! If you liked Fight Club you'll like this book!" It's called Pygmy. And since I am a big fan of Fight Club (perhaps the most read book out of all the ones I own) I decided to pick it up.
The writing style is jarring. It's in first person POV, but instead of the protagonist saying "I" its "Agent Number 67" or "agent me number 67."
I got used to the style and almost found it endearing. Until the second or so chapter of the book. There was a scene that really bothered me. I'm used to violence and gore and all sorts of mischief from Chuck, but this scene was horrible (it was a very graphic rape...).
I put the book down and started reading something else.
I've since thought about that scene quite often. I tried to unravel the meaning behind it. I think I came to a conclusion on what it meant.
Has anyone read the whole book through. Is it good? How did you get past that scene and are there other rape scenes in the book? I'm wondering because I'm almost done with The Book Thief and am need of another book to read. I was thinking about picking Pygmy up again and giving it a try.
The promotions for it stated "Best book since Fight Club! If you liked Fight Club you'll like this book!" It's called Pygmy. And since I am a big fan of Fight Club (perhaps the most read book out of all the ones I own) I decided to pick it up.
The writing style is jarring. It's in first person POV, but instead of the protagonist saying "I" its "Agent Number 67" or "agent me number 67."
I got used to the style and almost found it endearing. Until the second or so chapter of the book. There was a scene that really bothered me. I'm used to violence and gore and all sorts of mischief from Chuck, but this scene was horrible (it was a very graphic rape...).
I put the book down and started reading something else.
I've since thought about that scene quite often. I tried to unravel the meaning behind it. I think I came to a conclusion on what it meant.
Has anyone read the whole book through. Is it good? How did you get past that scene and are there other rape scenes in the book? I'm wondering because I'm almost done with The Book Thief and am need of another book to read. I was thinking about picking Pygmy up again and giving it a try.
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No other rape scenes that I recall, but plenty of stuff that was (arguably) worse. There was something in there to offend pretty much anyone. Palahniuk is insane, but even for him this was over the top. I laughed my ass off through most of it.