las lecturas de Eme

Uhm. This is going to be hard to write.

First of all, I feel too old. I mean I think I would have enjoyed this book a couple of years back, I would have really praised it and become a fan of Palahniuk for the rest of my days. I guess? Looking at my younger self, I think I would have. Maybe there is some kind of deep meaning or next level perspective I am missing now, though. It could be. But no, I can't put more than 2 stars.

Second, I am not discouraging you from reading it, but pay attention it comes with a HUGE, MASSIVE trigger warning. Warning of pretty much everything, really. It is probably the ugliest narrative I have read, and this is from someone who read American Psycho as a teenager.

It has been a long road, as I saw I started reading in... June last year. Oops. I could just not focus in what I was reading: the kind of structure (the protagonist/narrator jumps back and forth with little care) and the amount of, for me, useless data (so many medicine/drugs names) made it difficult for someone who lately has a hard time concentrating. So I put it aside until recently, when it became easier to follow and hook me enough to go quicker and quicker.

My problem with it is: I couldn't care for anyone in the story. If I can't do that, I don't enjoy it. I mean, I can take ugly if I care for at least one character and/or love the way it is written. But I found it too eccentric even for my taste. And PROBLEMATIC. Widely problematic. Every non-usual representation in this book was awfully done. This hurts me and I can't stand it. I know this does not necessarily mean that the author himself is problematic and more that he wants to point out how society mistreats for example lgtbq+ people but the whole picture throughout the book seemed to mock trans and homo/pansexual people. I'm not saying any further because it is somehow spoiler-y, but yeah. I experienced even nausea in some parts.

There are some pretty good quotes though; and I think I can see the initial purpose for this book. But as I said, it was all blurred by the ugliness.

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