Chuck Palahniuk 1996
- What it is
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A twist at the end that changes everything · pitch-black comedy
- Genre
- Literary Humor
- Feels
- Unflinching Morally grey Unsettling Wry Dark
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It ties your stomach in a knot · you'll keep turning it over for days
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It stirs you up inside · a place nobody can leave
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Like yours: unreliable narrator · comforting, like coming home
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In common with yours: twist ending · properly scary
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