Beige Prose - Readers may find Palahniuk's terse style honest or lazy or anywhere in between.
Squick - Rant's protagonist ends up slipping out of the time-stream, becoming his own foster father, then slipping further and becoming a Historian. He then proceeds to become every single male in his genetic line.
Haunted contains, among other lovely things, the very detailed and extended description of the rotting of a corpse.
In Pygmythe main character for whom the book is named anally rapes his foster brother's bully.
But it goes a step further when the Bully discovers his repressed homosexuality. Pygmy insists it is just Stockholm Syndrome, and that he has no feelings for the bully. Distraught, he engages in a school shooting at the Model U.N
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: Porn star attempts to go Out with a Bang during a record-breaking gang-bang; nearly succeeds. Paramedics are present, defibrillator is used; porn star and ex-lover wind up electrically soldered together mid-coitus.
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.