Lullaby

It's an excellent book, butIt's not ashilarious as Chokebig as Survivoroutrageous as Invisible Monstersor fun as Fight ClubWith that said, it is still excellent and its still Chuck PalahniukIt's like getting into the newer model of BMW. Maybe the new model doesn't offer anything new and groundbreaking to the automotive industry, but it's still a BMW ;)While you read it, you might get to the point where you feel this is not as good as....... but right then he pulls the rabbit out of the hat and you realize he still got it.Final Verdict: the book is not a step up or ground breaking stuff, but it's not a step down. The book is still very entertaining and appealing to Chuck Palahniuk's fans

I've read ALL of Palahniuk's books (except for Fight Club, but i feel i don't have to because the film was such an awesome adaptation)... and this one definately ranks with the others.The story is about a male reporter and a female real estate agent that accidently (and at a sad cost) find out about an ancient culling song, that when sung to someone, will take their life.One of the two uses the song for power and money. And the other is just trying to fight himself and his desire to use it.The two, along with a younger couple) decide to go on a road trip to find every existing copy of the book and destroy it as well as to find the master copy - which must have other spells in it. One of them intends to destroy it to save the world... and one plans to use it to take over the world.... if only it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.This book, like all of his others, is a biting satire on human kind... and even more specifically, on Americans. You definately need to be able to laugh at yourself to enjoy his books.I would definately recommend this book... and Choke and Survivor as well... Invisible Monsters is his weakest work (in my opinion) and should be read last by the die-hard fan!

It just occurred to me that I should have looked into whether any of Palahniuk's books are part of a series or if they are all stand-alone stories. Either way, I enjoyed so much the twists and turns that surprised me... that I didn't see coming.The prologue introduces the narrator, where he describes the character Helen as 'our hero', and you get to spend the rest of the book questioning the tone of that sentence. Was Helen a hero? Was the narrator being facetious, or sarcastic? Was his tone bitter and resentful or in admiration of a truth we don't know yet?In fact, the whole of the book is the continual question of where each of the characters stands on the spectrums of good and bad, hero and villain, virtuous and evil, moral and immoral.I had not read a solid first person perspective story in a few years, and I really enjoyed being along for the ride with Mr. Streator.

My BFF posted she was looking for a copy of this so I jumped on it for her birthday. She's very pleased.

This was a wild ride (as are all the other Palahniuk books I’ve read). I found the entire concept- a book of children’s stories you can check out in any local library that has a lullaby in it that kills anyone it’s read to with no warning- fascinating. I liked the different angles taken towards dealing with such a lullaby. Destroy them all or harness their power. I also think it’s a sad book. Obviously any book that discusses SIDS is going to be sad. I wanted to rate this book four stars but there were a couple times where I zoned out. Overall it was a very interesting book though