Chuck Palahniuk/YMMV


 * Adaptation Displacement - Many fans of Fight Club have never even heard of the book it was based on.
 * Beige Prose - Readers may find Palahniuk's terse style honest or lazy or anywhere in between.
 * Squick - Rant's protagonist ends up  He then proceeds to   his genetic line.
 * Haunted contains, among other lovely things, the very detailed and extended description of the rotting of a corpse.
 * In Pygmy
 * The short story "Guts." There just isn't enough Brain Bleach.
 * Really, "Guts" might not be the worst one out of Haunted.
 * The end of Snuff is pretty nasty too.
 * Details:
 * Strictly Formula: To some, Palahniuk constantly writing snarky protagonists can get fairly grating, case in point Haunted, in which every character has the same tone of voice.
 * Tough Act to Follow: You'll notice that rather a lot of the reviews printed on the covers of his books will say things like "His best book since Fight Club" or whatever.
 * Tough Act to Follow: You'll notice that rather a lot of the reviews printed on the covers of his books will say things like "His best book since Fight Club" or whatever.