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This book is extremly disturbing, i will actually have to say, before reading this, reader discretion is advised.
Maybe not that far, but still, this book is really twisted.
The book is called Invisible Monsters, and no u cant get it, they didnt allow this book to be published because it was so disturbing.
The author is Chuck Palahniuk who created the book Fight Club which inspired the movie.
| Quote: | The story concerns a disfigured woman who lost her lower jaw to a
gunshot. Her name is Shannon, but is frequently referred to as other names given to her by Brandy. The novel opens on the wedding day of Ms. Evie Cottrell, where her house has caught fire and is burning to the ground.
Brandy Alexander, a pre-operative transsexual, has been shot, and asks Shannon to tell her life story. This causes Shannon to look back at how she first met Brandy.
The story is told in a non-linear manner.
Shannon was the daughter of a farmer. Shannon has an older brother named Shane who gets all of the attention because of a terrible incident: while burning trash, a full can of hair spray is thrown into the trash which explodes in his face. Shannon is angry because she feels neglected by her parents, and eventually in pursuit of attention she becomes a model.
The police think that Shane's accident might have been child abuse. Later, Shane gets a really bad sore throat. The parents assume that it is strep throat, but when the test results come back, it turns out he has gonorrhea. The parents think that Shane is a homosexual and Shane runs away. In fact, Shane had been raped by a policeman pretending to interview him about his accident. It is later revealed that the police man who raped Shane is Shannon's future fiancé, Manus Kelley.
Shannon's best friend is Evelyn "Evie" Cottrell, a rich Texan who lives in a giant mansion by herself. Shannon and Evie went to modeling school together. Shannon and Evie participate in an infomercial together. It is about this time that Evie starts a relationship with Manus, the policeman who raped Shane and was also Shannon's fiance'.
While driving down the highway, Shannon is shot in the face. The shot rips off her jaw. Shannon immediately drives to the hospital where she recovers. There she meets Brandy Alexander. They quickly become friends. Brandy is learning to speak like a woman and Shannon is learning to speak without a lower jaw. At this time Manus cheats on Shannon with Evie.
When Shannon is let out of the hospital, she stays at Evie's house while she goes to Cancun for a photo shoot. Then, Manus comes inside with a knife because he thinks that Evie is the person who shot Shannon. It is then that Shannon kidnaps Manus, sets Evie's house on fire, and takes Manus to Brandy Alexander, not knowing what to do.
While at Brandy Alexander's apartment (which is a hotel room), she meets the Rhea sisters. The three are drag queens and performers. At the hotel room, Shannon learns that Brandy Alexander is really her brother, Shane McFarland, and that as a woman he wants to look like her (his sister).
Next, Brandy, Shannon, and Manus (who was kidnapped by Shannon after burning Evie's house down in a rage) travel all around North America, visiting open houses of rich people to steal drugs to re-sell on the streets. At this time, Shannon starts feeding Manus estrogen pills because she is in love with him and realizes that if she cannot be with him, she must destroy him.
The three finally decide to return home where they learn that Evie was once a man (Evan) and that she is going to get married. They crash the wedding and Shannon sets fire to Evie's new house. The groom cannot be found anywhere and is discovered having sex with Manus in the kitchen. This infuriates Evie and she shoots Brandy, mistaking her for Shannon (because Shane has been totally reconstructed to look like Shannon). While Brandy is bleeding to death, they tell each other their true identities. Brandy is actually Shannon's brother and put the hairspray can in the trash himself because he was tired of being normal. Shannon's actually shot herself, as she hated being defined by her beauty.
Brandy survives her wound. Shannon allows her sibling to take over her old life as a model, and Shannon goes away to become "invisible".
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That plot summary of this book is just... sick...
What are ur thoughts on it?
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Who's the author?
The characters are crazy...
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| Hack-imz wrote: | Who's the author?
The characters are crazy... |
the author that made this shocks me for he made my favorite book and movie, the author is Chuck Palahniuk(?Last Name?) who created the book Fight Club which inspired the Fight Club movie.
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| DreadFather wrote: | | Hack-imz wrote: | Who's the author?
The characters are crazy... |
the author that made this shocks me for he made my favorite book and movie, the author is Chuck Palahniuk(?Last Name?) who created the book Fight Club which inspired the Fight Club movie. |
The book really is disturbing. Getting shot and losing your lower jaw is just...*shivers*
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| Hack-imz wrote: | | DreadFather wrote: | | Hack-imz wrote: | Who's the author?
The characters are crazy... |
the author that made this shocks me for he made my favorite book and movie, the author is Chuck Palahniuk(?Last Name?) who created the book Fight Club which inspired the Fight Club movie. |
The book really is disturbing. Getting shot and losing your lower jaw is just...*shivers* |
And thats not even the whole thing! everything else, with all the twists and such, is so messed up!
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Meh. Nothing really seems quite as disturbing if you've watched Faces of Death.
Love that show. I have the movie (every episode).
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Even if it was published later on, it was first denied for being to disturbing, that iteself still shows that the original copy of it was still messed up enough to not be published the first time around.
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I didn't find the text that disturbing. Eh, was just another odd story by Chuck Palahniuk. Also, I didn't really like Fight Club. I thought it was creative, but I really disliked it. In fact, I'm not even sure how everyone loves it 
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm, This reminds me of the theync, it's just kind of sick that someone would write something as horrible as that.
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This doesn't even sound sick, at all. wtf?
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Stupid Reggin wrote: | | This doesn't even sound sick, at all. wtf? |
yes it doesnt
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| Stupid Reggin wrote: | | This doesn't even sound sick, at all. wtf? |
Yeah, I agree. Words aren't disturbing to me. Lol
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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on the raped parts and other stuff how is that bad? i mean lots of books have em.
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that book is fucked up lol.
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