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Weve all seen extended edition and directors cuts of movies, but this is the first time I have ever come across an authors cut of a book.
With this hardcover release of Chuck Palahniuks third published novel but his first in terms of writing, he took the opportunity to change the linear format that was originally published inand release it the way he initially envisioned it.
The intention was to give the reader the feel of literally getting lost inside the book, as one would be with a Vogue magazine.
Which you have to admit is kind of perfect for a novel centered around beauty, perceptions, and transformation, Sadly no Madonna songs though,
So how exactly is this achieved The narrative flips the reader around from chapter to chapter,,,,,,,,,, etc, with the instructions at the end of each chapter to, “Now, Please Jump to Chapter ” So polite, This makes things intriguing, because unlike in a typical book where a dwindling number of pages signal the end is coming, you dont know exactly when Invisible Monsters Remixwill reach its climax.
And as with the original Invisible Monsters, the narrative itself skips around in time, so you will be well and truly lost in the events while you read.
Its a nonlinear format inside a nonlinear format, a mirror image, It couldnt be produced as intended initially, but now at least it can be read and enjoyed by Chucks legion of fans.
One downside to this format, is that you might inadvertently see key bits of information as you flip through from chapter to chapter.
This will lead you to wonder exactly how the narrative could lead there, so at least its not a total spoiler, Think of it as a darker version of “How I Met Your Mother”, but more akin to, “How I Lost My Face”.
Page numbers would probably be easier for a reader to navigate from place to place, but I imagine it would be a logistics nightmare in terms of publishing every time the book gets rereleased or the format is changed.
This way at least is manageable for everyone except the dyslexics, but lets be honest, page numbers would be even more difficult to follow.
While the original novel was published in a straightforward manner to please readers and make it more marketable, this version is Palahniuks original vision.
Due to this, in addition to jumping around from chapter to chapter, there are also additional chapters outside this “straightforward” narrative, Twelve to be exact, split up into three sections which instruct the reader to loop between chapters over and over again, For example chapterto chapterto chapterto chapter, Lather, rinse, repeat. Even after youre done with the main story theres even more to discover, Were back to the Vogue magazine idea here,
Most of these side stories deal with the process of revision and reimagining famous movies, as Chuck did with this novel, while others detail where our narrator is now after her story.
These sections are all new additions to the original novel, and some chapters are even written backwards, forcing you to read the words in a mirror.
Its a pain, but there is a purpose about reflections and mirrors and being forced to look at yourself while you read.
Youre reading while watching yourself read while you read You get the picture, Its the idea of multiple reflections which function the same as the chapters that repeat on a loop, Where does it all begin and end So many moebius strips, so little time,
The third and most interesting of these narrative diversions contains biographical stories about Chucks own life, There are three separate stories in this loop, one which deals with a road trip that inspired this novel, one about when he was writing his first manuscript, and a third about being on set for the film of his novel turned movie, Choke.
Since the fictional story deals so much with impossible sounding coincidences even though our world is a small one, Chuck shares some of his own coincidences in these stories, from a shared memory between him and a friend he hadnt met yet, to the death of the mother he wrote about correlating to his own mothers death, and all the coincidences in between.
Theyre poignant, beautiful, and most importantly true,
As with most of Chuck P, novels, there is a repetitive element throughout the narrative, Where in Fight Club it was “I am Jacks” insert organ of the body here my personal favorite is “raging bile duct”, this story also has a similar narrative trick.
In this novel, weaved throughout is the flash of a camera taking photos with a wide variety of emotions being yelled out as if by a fashion photographer.
The most memorable line being, “Give me lust, baby, Flash. Give me malice. Flash. Give me detached existentialist ennui, Flash. ” There are also paragraphs starting with the phrase, “Jump to” to tell the reader that the story is once again jumping in time and location.
Spoiler alert: this happens more than in a “Doctor Who” episode,
There are plenty of reasons why this new structure works so well in this choose your own adventure type chapter hopping format, but I appreciate it even more for what it says about life.
The end of a book generally doesnt signal the end of a characters life, unless youre reading a historical fiction novel, and Palahniuk knows that.
So rather than bring the end of the narrators story to the end of the novel, he wisely ends it somewhere in the middle, where stories generally leave their protagonists on their journey through life.
Bravo on that Chuck. This is, and always will be, one of my favourite Palahniuk books, Something about it just grabs me by the throat, punches me in the throat and leaves me breathless! I love how truly fucked up and twisted this story is, no one does fucked up and twisted quite like Chuck does! Its been years since Ive read this book so I had forgotten most of the story and it was like I was reading it again for the first time and it reminded me why I love Palahniuks writing.
Yes! This is what sitelinkChuck Palahniuk is all about a wonderful darkly comical yet engrossing thriller cum mystery cum horror! A supermodel has her lower jaw blown off, from being shot through her car window.
Palahniuk brings together a nonlinear story, told in a multitude of snippets of the before, duration and after, the shooting!
This book has such a surreal cast, from the vice cop that wears Speedos in the park to entrap men, to the elegant and beautiful Brandy Alexander, prescribed drugs addict and queen of flamboyancy.
Among this cast however dwells an invisible monster! One of my fave Palahniuk's,out of.
read Without question one of Chuck's best, Clearly, theres a fine line between knowing your shit and knowing youre shit, Our boy Chuck knows his shit, and our girl, who remains unnamed until the final few pages, knows shes shit,
Its a critical satire about the population at large that envies the glam of modeling and the clueless models who run it.
To be honest, at times, I started to get bored with the content, But Chuckyboy and his trademark style kept my eyes open and the pages turning,
“Just what the hell is he going to say next”
It gets fourfor his patented style and a fraction of a star for content.
I cant go into more detail without spoiling an unspoilable story,
If you like Chuck, this is a roll of the dice,
Jump to me having just read the most fucked up piece of literature ever,
Flash!
Is it brilliant Hell Yes!
Give me a complete latestage revision of my adult life,Invisible Monsters is a catastrophic ride from page one to the very last, I mean literally from page one that only has about seventy words.
Flash!
Give me anything in this whole fucking world that is exactly what it looks like!
It's a disjoint and fragmented story that doesn't always make sense, which makes me curious how the Remix edition feels, it's that good.
I really can't tell, in fact, I don't know if anyone can tell what cooks in Chuck's weirdly beautiful mind.
The story feels like a harrowing gutpunching poem, that is one trainwreck after another after another after another,
Yes, there is a downside to this storytelling structure as it can get boring at times given no overarching plot, it jumps to events after events.
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The punchline: If you're a fan of Chuck's electrifying writing style, jump right in, I can't get into more details without spoiling the fun, and also because its known, . .
All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring, We must never, ever be boring,It very seriously makes me sad that there are people that haven't read Invisible Monsters, Invisible Monsters is the most amazing work of art I have ever experienced and reading it for therd time was the best decision I have made this summer.
Of course, this is the remix version,
so it was different than the original Invisible Monsters but mainly just in the formatting and some added chapters.
If you haven't read Invisible Monsters before and you decide to read it, I would recommend the original version, This version was Chuck Palahniuk's original vision for this novel, It reads like a Vogue, At the end of the prologue it says, "Now, Please, Jump to Chapter FortyOne, " So you flip to page, Then turn jump to chapter,, and so on and so on so that you you are going back and forth after each chapter.
And when you finish the book you realize that there are still chapters left that you didn't read, There'schapters actually that aren't really part of the main story, And two of the chapters are published with flipped text so that you have to put the book up to a mirror in order to read them.
All of his 'gimmicks' make sense and are really interesting but maybe I'm just a lazy reader because I thought it kind of detracted from the reading experience.
Some of the extra chapters were short 'stories' on a few of the characters and some of them told more about Chuck's background and his experience writing Invisible Monsters years ago.
I did like that this edition was hardcover and even if the chapter jumping wasn't my favorite thing to do, I like his ideas and I like the fact that he'll do something different.
Ultimately, this is the best book ever other than the original version, and reading Invisible Monsters for the first time was one of the most significant points in my life and led to so much for me.
Edit: Sorry, there are a few more extra chapters than I originally thought, so make sure to look through the book a few times for all the extra chapters I guess.
I listened to this book on audio, This was such a strange story, I am at a loss for words,
The narrators were fantastic, especially Anna Fields, Chuck P. himself was one of them, This story jumps all over the place and it takes a while to get a feel for what's happening, This audio book came with a link to a pdf file explaining how there are
aredifferent loops to follow, and the instructions on how to do that.
Or, you can just listenafter each portion, a narrator pops on and tells you where to go next,
I just listened to it straight through, It's about a model that now has no face, Her name is. . well there's a choice of, Her life is unimaginable. It's somewhat realistic, it's all out hilarious, but it's also poignant at times, Especially thetimes Chuck himself narrated, These parts were interesting because he talked about other things going on his lifeI liked these sections the best,
So this book has a non linear story with lots of graphic violence, language, thievery, sex and lots of drugs.
You definitely want to listen on ear buds and not out loud, Trust me on this.
This was a totally crazy, unique, in your face, fun read and I liked it a lot! Highly recommended!,