Palahniuk's slump continues. This is a terrible book, the worse I have read of his. I really want to emphasize this is a bad, bad, bad book. It reeks of laziness. There is absolutely no character development. This seriously has some of the flattest, most one dimensional, cipher like characters I have ever read. The prose is completely devoid of style or wit. The dialogue is terrible. The plot, which is supposed to be oh so wacky and satirical, is badly undercooked. It reads like a skeleton draft or an outline, not a fleshed out concept. Since the plot is so underdeveloped everything that happens feels stupidly far fetched. I wouldn't mind an unrealistic plot in a book like this as long as the author puts some effort into explaining/justifying why the crazy things occur. That doesn't happen here. 
 There is nothing worthwhile here whatsoever. This book is incredibly boring. Not one clever plot twist, not one interesting character, nothing. I really think Palahniuk might be done as a writer.