Invisible Monsters REMIX.

Pretty great portrayals
if you ask me. 

When choosing what book I should write about this quarter I had the option between choosing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic, Sherlock Holmes, which has been retold so many times that it now has the Guinness Record for Most Portrayed Literary Character. Or I could choose the racy Chuck Palanhuik's book, Invisible Monsters Remix. I chose to write about the latter, mostly because of the large amount of Fight Club paraphernalia scattered around the classroom, but also because it's a far more interesting book in my opinion.

The greatest part about this book was that it was read out of order. Not just non-linearly though, but you literally had to read the book out of order because the chapters were out of order. You'd start at chapter 42, then skip to chapter 12, and I ended in the middle of the book. I'm almost positive that I skipped a few chapters, and I know I skipped 2 chapters that were written backwards.

The story itself though is simply amazing, it's both inspiring and makes you think. It starts with an unnamed narrator (a common theme in Palahnuik books), as she stands amongst the flames of her former best friends wedding. She continues to narrate, and explain how she got to that point. She explains how she met drag-queen-supreme, Brandy Alexander; how half of her face was blown off, leaving her beautiful, model face disfigured; and how her former fiance came to find himself. Our unnamed narrator has a unique view on the world because she had it all and it was taken away from her. Leaving her bitter and strangely philosophical (another theme common in his books).

This book is just one giant message to the reader that beauty is not important, and that society can go f*** itself (this is basically a blanket SOAPStone for all his books). My brother gave this book to me saying that all girls should read it, and I completely agree. Palahniuk changes what it means to be beautiful with this book.

Throughout the entire book he is very critical of society. Which is why his 3 main characters constantly break laws and make messes wherever they go. They all choose to do "The one thing that I would regret most."