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Guts
Mientras estaba en la gira de 2003 para promocionar su novela Diario: Una novela, Palahniuk leyó a sus oyentes una historia corta titulada Tripas (Guts), un relato de accidentes relacionados con la masturbación que aparece en su libro Fantasmas. Se informó de que unas 35 personas se desmayaron mientras oían la lectura (aunque es posible que muchos de estos incidentes fueran representados por fans de Palahniuk como efecto humorístico). La revista Playboy publicaría más tarde la historia en su número de marzo de 2004; Palahniuk les ofreció publicar otra historia con ella, pero los editores encontraron esta última demasiado perturbadora. En su gira para promocionar Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories en el verano de 2004, volvió a leer la historia a la audiencia, elevando el total de desmayos a 53, y más tarde a 60, durante la gira para promocionar la edición de bolsillo de Diario: Una novela. El último desmayo ocurrió en noviembre de 2004 en Durham (Carolina del Norte). Aparentemente Palahniuk no da importancia a estos incidentes, que no ha evitado que sus fans lean Tripas o sus otras obras.
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About the author
Chuck Palahniuk
167 books132k followersWritten in stolen moments under truck chassis and on park benches to a soundtrack of The Downward Spiral and Pablo Honey, Fight Club came into existence. The adaptation of Fight Club was a flop at the box office, but achieved cult status on DVD. The film’s popularity drove sales of the novel. Chuck put out two novels in 1999, Survivor and Invisible Monsters. Choke, published in 2001, became Chuck’s first New York Times bestseller. Chuck’s work has always been infused with personal experience, and his next novel, Lullaby, was no exception. Chuck credits writing Lullaby with helping him cope with the tragic death of his father. Diary and the non-fiction guide to Portland, Fugitives and Refugees, were released in 2003. While on the road in support of Diary, Chuck began reading a short story entitled 'Guts,' which would eventually become part of the novel Haunted.
In the years that followed, he continued to write, publishing the bestselling Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, a 'remix' of Invisible Monsters, Damned, and most recently, Doomed.
Chuck also enjoys giving back to his fans, and teaching the art of storytelling has been an important part of that. In 2004, Chuck began submitting essays to ChuckPalahniuk.net on the craft of writing. These were 'How To' pieces, straight out of Chuck's personal bag of tricks, based on the tenants of minimalism he learned from Tom Spanbauer. Every month, a “Homework Assignment” would accompany the lesson, so Workshop members could apply what they had learned. (all 36 of these essays can currently be found on The Cult's sister-site, LitReactor.com).
Then, in 2009, Chuck increased his involvement by committing to read and review a selection of fan-written stories each month. The best stories are currently set to be published in Burnt Tongues, a forthcoming anthology, with an introduction written by Chuck himself.
His next novel, Beautiful You, is due out in October 2014.
In the years that followed, he continued to write, publishing the bestselling Rant, Snuff, Pygmy, Tell-All, a 'remix' of Invisible Monsters, Damned, and most recently, Doomed.
Chuck also enjoys giving back to his fans, and teaching the art of storytelling has been an important part of that. In 2004, Chuck began submitting essays to ChuckPalahniuk.net on the craft of writing. These were 'How To' pieces, straight out of Chuck's personal bag of tricks, based on the tenants of minimalism he learned from Tom Spanbauer. Every month, a “Homework Assignment” would accompany the lesson, so Workshop members could apply what they had learned. (all 36 of these essays can currently be found on The Cult's sister-site, LitReactor.com).
Then, in 2009, Chuck increased his involvement by committing to read and review a selection of fan-written stories each month. The best stories are currently set to be published in Burnt Tongues, a forthcoming anthology, with an introduction written by Chuck himself.
His next novel, Beautiful You, is due out in October 2014.
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April 23, 2021
Kat sent me.
I don't regret it.
I think I want more.
I also want significantly less.
Thank you.
I don't regret it.
I think I want more.
I also want significantly less.
Thank you.
March 25, 2023
هیچ کسی نمیتونه مثل پالانیک اینقدر داستانهای مریض و فاکداپ بنویسه
هر داستانشو که میخوای شروع کنی انگار اون کتابه توی سری فیلمای کلبهی وحشت رو باز کردی
اینم یه داستان حدود بیست صفحهای از پالانیکه که شاید مریضترین چیزی باشه که نوشته پس اگه میخواید بخونید مراقب سلامت روانتون باشید چون بعد از خوندنش دیگه برگشتی نیست و فراموشش نمیکنید
اگه اون تویست آخرش رو اضافه نکرده بود میشد خیلیییی داستان بهتری باشه
به نظرم زیادی منطق داستان رو زیر سؤال برد و از تأثیرگذاریش کم کرد متأسفانه
هر داستانشو که میخوای شروع کنی انگار اون کتابه توی سری فیلمای کلبهی وحشت رو باز کردی
اینم یه داستان حدود بیست صفحهای از پالانیکه که شاید مریضترین چیزی باشه که نوشته پس اگه میخواید بخونید مراقب سلامت روانتون باشید چون بعد از خوندنش دیگه برگشتی نیست و فراموشش نمیکنید
اگه اون تویست آخرش رو اضافه نکرده بود میشد خیلیییی داستان بهتری باشه
به نظرم زیادی منطق داستان رو زیر سؤال برد و از تأثیرگذاریش کم کرد متأسفانه
July 14, 2017
2/5
** This short story is an excerpt from the novel Haunted**
I was sent this book by a friend who knows I have a warped sense of humor. Apparently this book is so disturbing and disgusting that people fainted at a live reading of it and others literally vomited their guts up. "This book will make grown men cringe" well if that's the case why the fuck aren't I cringing?! Anyway I didn't even flinch while reading it, but I did have a big chuckle the entire time reading it because of the stupidity of the stories & the writing is pretty good. My favourite story was the one where the guy put a stick of wax in his dickhole and masterbated. I laughed so hard that I popped a rib. I'm unsure what this book was trying to achieve, is it meant to be humorous or disturbing? After doing some research and finding it on a "most disturbing books ever written list" I was feeling pretty let down. But that's just me. Remember folks people fainted over this novel due to "peanuts and corn".
The thing is disturbing sex/masterbation scenes don't make me feel ill, I've seen enough rotten.com to be immune to it. However if your looking for something truly fucked up let me recommend to you, The Pig & The House by Edward Lee. I couldn't even get through a quarter of this novel & I'm forever disturbed by the snuff scene. I seriously had to put the book down and stare at a wall for two hours after reading it.
Guts should be recommended to warped people looking for a laugh.
Ps. Looking forward to reading everything on the "most disturbing books ever written list".
** This short story is an excerpt from the novel Haunted**
I was sent this book by a friend who knows I have a warped sense of humor. Apparently this book is so disturbing and disgusting that people fainted at a live reading of it and others literally vomited their guts up. "This book will make grown men cringe" well if that's the case why the fuck aren't I cringing?! Anyway I didn't even flinch while reading it, but I did have a big chuckle the entire time reading it because of the stupidity of the stories & the writing is pretty good. My favourite story was the one where the guy put a stick of wax in his dickhole and masterbated. I laughed so hard that I popped a rib. I'm unsure what this book was trying to achieve, is it meant to be humorous or disturbing? After doing some research and finding it on a "most disturbing books ever written list" I was feeling pretty let down. But that's just me. Remember folks people fainted over this novel due to "peanuts and corn".
The thing is disturbing sex/masterbation scenes don't make me feel ill, I've seen enough rotten.com to be immune to it. However if your looking for something truly fucked up let me recommend to you, The Pig & The House by Edward Lee. I couldn't even get through a quarter of this novel & I'm forever disturbed by the snuff scene. I seriously had to put the book down and stare at a wall for two hours after reading it.
Guts should be recommended to warped people looking for a laugh.
Ps. Looking forward to reading everything on the "most disturbing books ever written list".
February 17, 2016
Masturbating has never been this horrifying. Or disgusting. Or brilliant. Yes, this is not for the squeamish, it's disturbing to read, and I'm pretty sure it's going to haunt me forever, but that just goes to show how well Palahniuk has written this story. I wasn't able to tear my eyes away from the page for a second, I was so engrossed in it.
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May 3, 2021This was something else. I do not know how to rate, because it was 1 and 4 stars at the same time. This was truly mind-boggling and have done everything to deliver you a most bizarre and disgusting short story you will ever read. Of course, I didn't enjoy any second of this book, but if you want to experience something truly different go for this book.
March 4, 2017
Me encantan las historias, que te dejan así:
Un pequeño cuento con anécdotas de adolescentes masturbándose.
La primera historia sobre la zanahoria, me hizo reír mucho.
La segunda de la cera, me pareció una idea interesante, que fue mal ejecutada. Voy a buscar mas información al respecto.
La tercer anécdota, es la mas asquerosa e irreal.
Desde hace mucho que tenia ganas de leer algo de este autor y justo fue esta lectura la que me llevo a hacerlo, ahora si debo hacer espacio para leer mas de el.
Un pequeño cuento con anécdotas de adolescentes masturbándose.
La primera historia sobre la zanahoria, me hizo reír mucho.
La segunda de la cera, me pareció una idea interesante, que fue mal ejecutada. Voy a buscar mas información al respecto.
La tercer anécdota, es la mas asquerosa e irreal.
Desde hace mucho que tenia ganas de leer algo de este autor y justo fue esta lectura la que me llevo a hacerlo, ahora si debo hacer espacio para leer mas de el.
August 22, 2010
I suppose isolated, inexperienced people who live vicariously through television or lame books like Upchuck Palahniuk writes, would find this sort of thing something to faint at or throw up because of, but if you've ever experienced anything remotely akin to somewhat off-center fetishes or what a lot of people would call "regular life," this sort of thing is evident for what it is: salacious pandering. But no one went broke underestimating the buying public's desire for salacious pandering.
Gross? Yeah, sure. Disgusting? If you find that a tasty description, yeah, it fits.
Stupid? Oh, Palahniuk's work is doused with brain repellent. To some, brain repellent is a pheromone, so it attracts that sort of thing.
Scrotie McBoogerballs is of far higher quality than this.
Gross? Yeah, sure. Disgusting? If you find that a tasty description, yeah, it fits.
Stupid? Oh, Palahniuk's work is doused with brain repellent. To some, brain repellent is a pheromone, so it attracts that sort of thing.
Scrotie McBoogerballs is of far higher quality than this.
July 22, 2024
Why is this so funny to me? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone. If the purpose of this book is to gross me out or make me throw up, it didn't happen. I mean, this is too hilarious. Kids are innocent, little boys do stupid stuff, and they don't know any better.
The Pearl Diving kid, the Wax kid, and the Carrot kid were just curious about their bodies. Growing and experimenting. Embarrassing, yes, but that's part of growing up.
Well, the "guts" coming out of the "Pearl Diving" kid is scary in real life, though. I remember a similar scene from the movie "Final Destination"—you know, the guy in the pool with the lucky coin?
Anyway, what happened to the invisible carrot? I have a pretty good idea. Haha.
The Pearl Diving kid, the Wax kid, and the Carrot kid were just curious about their bodies. Growing and experimenting. Embarrassing, yes, but that's part of growing up.
Well, the "guts" coming out of the "Pearl Diving" kid is scary in real life, though. I remember a similar scene from the movie "Final Destination"—you know, the guy in the pool with the lucky coin?
Anyway, what happened to the invisible carrot? I have a pretty good idea. Haha.
June 20, 2020
Ewwww. I think this short piece did what it was supposed to do. This was truly disgusting and disturbing. Reading this actually HURTS. After reading this all I can say is do not stick anything up your ass. Go ahead, read it, satisfy your curiosity.
January 31, 2014
I first read this short story in Haunted
by Chuck Palahniukand I was shocked....shocked to the point where I couldn't even picture a thing like this EVER happening...but you never know.
Why 5 Stars? Maybe Chuck has a loyal fan in me but it's more than that...when a story grips you to a point where you can picture EXACTLY what is happening and get the stomach weeby jeebies....I have found the perfect writer when I'm in the mood for some brutal stories.
It reminds me of the gore from
but believable....yes folks...this can be a "true story".
Hmmm??? do I have you intrigued yet? It's only 16 pages and maybe....just maybe you can make it through all 16 without hurling!! :-)
Cheers!
by Chuck Palahniukand I was shocked....shocked to the point where I couldn't even picture a thing like this EVER happening...but you never know.Why 5 Stars? Maybe Chuck has a loyal fan in me but it's more than that...when a story grips you to a point where you can picture EXACTLY what is happening and get the stomach weeby jeebies....I have found the perfect writer when I'm in the mood for some brutal stories.
It reminds me of the gore from
but believable....yes folks...this can be a "true story".Hmmm??? do I have you intrigued yet? It's only 16 pages and maybe....just maybe you can make it through all 16 without hurling!! :-)
Cheers!
May 6, 2014
SMDH..I'm trying to come up with a way to describe this one..awwwh.. who am I kidding ...I got nothing...I'll just leave my jaw on the floor and move on..lol!!!
September 18, 2016
If you want something fast and grotesque, read Guts right now. Because what is more grotesque than teens, masturbation and carrots? :'D
June 4, 2012
OH GOD! OH GOOD GOD! WHY CHUCK WHY!
Okay, he rocks. He just full on rocks. Like I can't go on about him enough. But...this.
78 people fainted whilst listening to him read this.
I'm assuming they fainted around page 4. Oh goooodddddd noooooooo. It's just...I cannot. It hurts to read. PHYSICALLY HURTS TO READ. You'll get what I mean if you read it. In some ways I reccomend it, in a lot of ways I do not. I'm freaking out here. I have it as a PDF in a tab and I've still got a page to read but I can't. I literally can't go back to it.
As horribly horrible HORRIBLE as this is, I still have to commend Chuck Palahniuk. One of these days I'm just going to dedicate my life to him, I swear to god. He's managed to write something that causes PHYSICAL PAIN. I didn't think it was possible. It probably isn't.
I need to film a video reaction of someone reading this. I'm having difficulty swallowing here.
0_0
No.
Ohmygod no no no no no no no no noooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
*After a short break where I went and bashed my head against the wall*
Chuck Palahniuk is just an incredible author. He could write about watching paint dry and he could make it interesting. Infact, I want to read that. If he wrote a novel about watching paint dry on a sunday afternoon, I would freaking read that novel.
This was disgusting and will scar me for the rest of the life--more so then Cannibal Holocaust or the Human Centipede 2--but it was brilliant and exactly what authors need to be able to do...um...evoke emotions that is not...not the other thing.
I'm going to go ahead and give this a 4/5 because 5/5 would mean that I'd read it again and recommend it to people. The former will not be happening if it's the last thing I can prevent, and I'm only going to recommend this to people I hate.
If you really, really want to read this be prepared.
Okay, he rocks. He just full on rocks. Like I can't go on about him enough. But...this.
78 people fainted whilst listening to him read this.
I'm assuming they fainted around page 4. Oh goooodddddd noooooooo. It's just...I cannot. It hurts to read. PHYSICALLY HURTS TO READ. You'll get what I mean if you read it. In some ways I reccomend it, in a lot of ways I do not. I'm freaking out here. I have it as a PDF in a tab and I've still got a page to read but I can't. I literally can't go back to it.
As horribly horrible HORRIBLE as this is, I still have to commend Chuck Palahniuk. One of these days I'm just going to dedicate my life to him, I swear to god. He's managed to write something that causes PHYSICAL PAIN. I didn't think it was possible. It probably isn't.
If I told you how it tasted, you would never, ever again eat calamari.
I need to film a video reaction of someone reading this. I'm having difficulty swallowing here.
0_0
No.
Ohmygod no no no no no no no no noooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
*After a short break where I went and bashed my head against the wall*
Chuck Palahniuk is just an incredible author. He could write about watching paint dry and he could make it interesting. Infact, I want to read that. If he wrote a novel about watching paint dry on a sunday afternoon, I would freaking read that novel.
This was disgusting and will scar me for the rest of the life--more so then Cannibal Holocaust or the Human Centipede 2--but it was brilliant and exactly what authors need to be able to do...um...evoke emotions that is not...not the other thing.
I'm going to go ahead and give this a 4/5 because 5/5 would mean that I'd read it again and recommend it to people. The former will not be happening if it's the last thing I can prevent, and I'm only going to recommend this to people I hate.
If you really, really want to read this be prepared.
October 7, 2011
Why did I read this story only instead of devouring all of “Haunted”? The answer is, I’m not into collections of short stories, where there tends to be hits and misses in them. So, I went to find this specific story online, because I’ve heard plenty good things about it.
I was ready to be SCARED. I was ready to be pissing my pants!
But, instead, I got a good laugh out of it! I believe you won’t, though, so please just discard my previous statement since it’s related to my very-subjective and inexplicably horrendous sense of dark humour. (It wasn’t funny-FUNNY, you know. It was more like funny-Wow-Could-That-Really-Happen? And, surely it wouldn’t be funny if it were to happen to me or anyone I know.)
The story was told pretty charmingly and the plot was without a doubt unique and weird and fascinating at the same time! Never thought stories of JACKING OFF DISASTERS could be this hilarious.
I don’t think it’s scary at all, but frankly I find the peas and the corns and the vitamins a little disturbing. Not much, just a little. (I have a pretty strong stomach, after all.) In my opinion, Mr. Palahniuk could definitely write a creepy story with dignity and a good measure of humour.
Love the bits about calamari.
Note:
I couldn’t not laugh at this. This brought my first laugh, which later soon followed by some more.
“A friend of mine, when he was 13 years old he heard about "pegging." This is when a guy gets banged up the butt with a dildo. Stimulate the prostate gland hard enough, and the rumor is you can have explosive hands-free orgasms. At that age, this friend's a little sex maniac. He's always jonesing for a better way to get his rocks off. He goes out to buy a carrot and some petroleum jelly. To conduct a little private research. Then he pictures how it's going to look at the supermarket checkout counter, the lonely carrot and petroleum jelly rolling down the conveyer belt toward the grocery store cashier. All the shoppers waiting in line, watching. Everyone seeing the big evening he has planned.
So my friend, he buys milk and eggs and sugar and a carrot, all the ingredients for a carrot cake. And Vaseline.
Like he's going home to stick a carrot cake up his butt.”
I was ready to be SCARED. I was ready to be pissing my pants!
But, instead, I got a good laugh out of it! I believe you won’t, though, so please just discard my previous statement since it’s related to my very-subjective and inexplicably horrendous sense of dark humour. (It wasn’t funny-FUNNY, you know. It was more like funny-Wow-Could-That-Really-Happen? And, surely it wouldn’t be funny if it were to happen to me or anyone I know.)
The story was told pretty charmingly and the plot was without a doubt unique and weird and fascinating at the same time! Never thought stories of JACKING OFF DISASTERS could be this hilarious.
I don’t think it’s scary at all, but frankly I find the peas and the corns and the vitamins a little disturbing. Not much, just a little. (I have a pretty strong stomach, after all.) In my opinion, Mr. Palahniuk could definitely write a creepy story with dignity and a good measure of humour.
Love the bits about calamari.
Note:
I couldn’t not laugh at this. This brought my first laugh, which later soon followed by some more.
“A friend of mine, when he was 13 years old he heard about "pegging." This is when a guy gets banged up the butt with a dildo. Stimulate the prostate gland hard enough, and the rumor is you can have explosive hands-free orgasms. At that age, this friend's a little sex maniac. He's always jonesing for a better way to get his rocks off. He goes out to buy a carrot and some petroleum jelly. To conduct a little private research. Then he pictures how it's going to look at the supermarket checkout counter, the lonely carrot and petroleum jelly rolling down the conveyer belt toward the grocery store cashier. All the shoppers waiting in line, watching. Everyone seeing the big evening he has planned.
So my friend, he buys milk and eggs and sugar and a carrot, all the ingredients for a carrot cake. And Vaseline.
Like he's going home to stick a carrot cake up his butt.”
October 25, 2016
ES LA COSA MÁS CHOCANTE QUE HE LEÍDO EN MI VIDA.
Espantosamente real, sexual y lo más gore y asqueroso que se puede concebir. Pero me ha encantado, sí señor. Narración excelente que favorece la inmersión y pone los pelos de punta. Lo he pasado fatal especialmente con la última historia, la de la piscina, que sin duda es la más fuerte de las tres.
Chuck Palahniuk comparte con nosotros este relato que, sin duda, está escrito sin tapujos. Atrevido e inolvidable, hasta el punto de atreverme a especular que más de uno habrá cogido un trauma con esto. Es muy corto, sólo tiene diez páginas, pero es que no necesita más. Esas diez páginas concentran todo el horror que desemboca el cometer un simple error en tu intimidad sexual.
Y es que es eso. Un pequeño desliz, y se va todo al traste.
Ahora sí, ya puedo exhalar todo el aire que he tomado. Por fin.
P.D: Esto ha sido un Halloween adelantado. Sin duda.
Espantosamente real, sexual y lo más gore y asqueroso que se puede concebir. Pero me ha encantado, sí señor. Narración excelente que favorece la inmersión y pone los pelos de punta. Lo he pasado fatal especialmente con la última historia, la de la piscina, que sin duda es la más fuerte de las tres.
Chuck Palahniuk comparte con nosotros este relato que, sin duda, está escrito sin tapujos. Atrevido e inolvidable, hasta el punto de atreverme a especular que más de uno habrá cogido un trauma con esto. Es muy corto, sólo tiene diez páginas, pero es que no necesita más. Esas diez páginas concentran todo el horror que desemboca el cometer un simple error en tu intimidad sexual.
Y es que es eso. Un pequeño desliz, y se va todo al traste.
Ahora sí, ya puedo exhalar todo el aire que he tomado. Por fin.
P.D: Esto ha sido un Halloween adelantado. Sin duda.
July 29, 2015
Extraño, salvaje, demencial. Un buen cuento, se lee en unos minutos y es imposible no quedarse con un desagrado visceral al terminarlo.
Lo recomiendo.
Lo recomiendo.
January 28, 2011
Wonderfully disgusting and darkly hilarious. If I never read that much about the colon again, I'll die a happy man.
February 3, 2015
This story is disgusting.
January 19, 2019
I want to be totally clear that I'm not giving this story a high rating because I enjoyed the story. I'm giving it a high rating because it was really well written and well executed. I had never heard of this and I've never read anything by Palahniuk, but I was getting my windshield replaced and listening to his interview with Joe Rogan and he started to talk about this story. So I googled it to see what it was about and I found it online. In the interview, Chuck said, "I always think that the point of writing is to coach yourself to that point that you would never have gone voluntarily and also to coach your reader to the point where the reader would never have gone voluntarily. In a story like 'Guts', you know it's very funny on the front end and if you told people on the front end where it was going to go, they'd never read that story. But it's very charming and funny and well paced on the front and then once people realize where it's going to go, they're already trapped," and boy was he fucking right. What an intro to Chuck Palahniuk.
October 22, 2012
5 stars because it definitely accomplishes what it set out to do. And that is to make the reader EXTREMELY F&@?!@G uncomfortable. I read this as part of his "Haunted" anthology and its the first time I recall reading something and feeling like I really wanted to stop because I was so disturbed by the relentlessly horrific imagery.
After telling some friends at a party the backstory which is that Palahniuk was asked not to do readings of "Guts" anymore because so many audience members were passing out, my friends' curiosity was piqued. They asked me to read the story even though I had warned them a few times just how bad it was. I got about 1/4 in and realized I DID NOT WANT TO READ IT AGAIN, no way. So a friend offered to take over and I went as far as to leave the room. A few minutes pass and I can hear my friends' vocal reactions of disgust and horror, interspersed by nervous laughter. And then, doors slamming! My friend who read the story had run to the bathroom to throw up as soon as he finished reading it, and two more people ran outside to follow suit.
Never before or after have I seem a story get such an extreme reaction. So even though its not pleasant in the least it is well deserving of 5 stars.
After telling some friends at a party the backstory which is that Palahniuk was asked not to do readings of "Guts" anymore because so many audience members were passing out, my friends' curiosity was piqued. They asked me to read the story even though I had warned them a few times just how bad it was. I got about 1/4 in and realized I DID NOT WANT TO READ IT AGAIN, no way. So a friend offered to take over and I went as far as to leave the room. A few minutes pass and I can hear my friends' vocal reactions of disgust and horror, interspersed by nervous laughter. And then, doors slamming! My friend who read the story had run to the bathroom to throw up as soon as he finished reading it, and two more people ran outside to follow suit.
Never before or after have I seem a story get such an extreme reaction. So even though its not pleasant in the least it is well deserving of 5 stars.
September 6, 2021
Χθες που καθόμουν με έναν φίλο, μου το διάβασε.
(Τέτοιους φίλους θέλουμε)
Με ρώτησε εάν έχω φάει
(Νόμιζα ήθελε να παραγγείλουμε)
Ναι ρε, λίγο πριν έρθω
(Μετά κατάλαβα τι εννοούσε)
Κλασικός Πόλανικ
(να μετανιώνεις που έφαγες πριν διαβάσεις
- ή ακούσεις στην δικιά μου περίπτωση)
(Τέτοιους φίλους θέλουμε)
Με ρώτησε εάν έχω φάει
(Νόμιζα ήθελε να παραγγείλουμε)
Ναι ρε, λίγο πριν έρθω
(Μετά κατάλαβα τι εννοούσε)
Κλασικός Πόλανικ
(να μετανιώνεις που έφαγες πριν διαβάσεις
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February 9, 2019
This story should last about as long as you can hold your breath, and then just a little bit longer. So listen as fast as you can.
Enjoyment Rate - 55%
Story - 12%
Characters - 7%
Total - 74%
Rating - ★★★☆☆
This was my first Chuck Palahniuk book
And might I dare say
I would like to read more of his works.
This was a weird one. You see, gore is one of my weaknesses. Reading this was hard, but I just can’t stop reading it. It was disgusting, horrifying, and yet enjoying? It was hilarious as well and the fact that its premise is so out there , it just makes it all the more enjoyable. It’s definitely unique, but honestly I think some lines were crossed, but I guess that’s all of Palanhiuk’s work in a nutshell. I would not recommend this to just anyone, but if you like disgusting, gut-wrenching , hilarious short stories, then be my guest. I seriously need an aspirin after this one.
Word of the Book: Carrot
March 20, 2015
Huh... Sedim i razmišljam koju ocenu da dam i šta da napišem...
Na kraju se odlučih za četvorčicu... Palahniuk tako moćno piše!!! Kupio me je još davnih dana sa romanima Choke, Survivor i Fight club. On je brutalan, sirov, ciničan. Ne poznaje granice i čini se da sa svakim svojim tekstom ide korak dalje, kršeći tabue.
Priča je brutalna i eksplicitna, a Palahniuk je još dodatno začinio tekst žestokim opisima koji doprinose vizuelizaciji cele priče.
Svi vi koji imate slabe stomake ne upuštajte se u ovu pričicu...
Ovo nisu 50 nijansi sive već 3 nijanse pitch-black crnog :D
Na kraju se odlučih za četvorčicu... Palahniuk tako moćno piše!!! Kupio me je još davnih dana sa romanima Choke, Survivor i Fight club. On je brutalan, sirov, ciničan. Ne poznaje granice i čini se da sa svakim svojim tekstom ide korak dalje, kršeći tabue.
Priča je brutalna i eksplicitna, a Palahniuk je još dodatno začinio tekst žestokim opisima koji doprinose vizuelizaciji cele priče.
Svi vi koji imate slabe stomake ne upuštajte se u ovu pričicu...
Ovo nisu 50 nijansi sive već 3 nijanse pitch-black crnog :D
June 28, 2015
I need to give this 5/5 for seriously making me squirm... And picture things in my imagination I never thought I ever would
February 10, 2019
Trigger Warning: G O R E.
I've only read one book from Chuck which is Diary and it's also pretty fcked up albeit it's one of his earlier works. (I might reread that one hmmmm) Guts, in a sense is an appropriate introduction to Chuck Palahniuk's unapologetic writing style. Like dark humor itself, not everybody gets his works. This is a hilarious and disturbing short story (plus it's weirdly educational?), and kind of a cautionary tale for young boys. Good thing I'm born with the different genitalia which makes it easier for me to detach myself when things got a little bit "rough". Thanks to a lot of accumulated gory memes and Gillian Flynn herself, I survived and liked this book! WILL TOTALLY NOT RECOMMEND THIS FOR THE FAINT HEARTED.
I've only read one book from Chuck which is Diary and it's also pretty fcked up albeit it's one of his earlier works. (I might reread that one hmmmm) Guts, in a sense is an appropriate introduction to Chuck Palahniuk's unapologetic writing style. Like dark humor itself, not everybody gets his works. This is a hilarious and disturbing short story (plus it's weirdly educational?), and kind of a cautionary tale for young boys. Good thing I'm born with the different genitalia which makes it easier for me to detach myself when things got a little bit "rough". Thanks to a lot of accumulated gory memes and Gillian Flynn herself, I survived and liked this book! WILL TOTALLY NOT RECOMMEND THIS FOR THE FAINT HEARTED.
December 9, 2022
الريفيو التالي قليل الأدب و مقرف زي القصة لا يصلح للبنات ولا الرجالة و حياتكم، القصة بشعة و هقول كلام يمكن ناس كثير متحبش تسمعه، فلو بطنك ضعيفة ولا بتؤمن بالحذف الرقابي ولا مبتبحبش قلة الأدب متقرأهوش أحسن، حذرت و هعمل سبويلر تاج و شكرًا
April 22, 2011
Of all of the things to expect in a story entitled "Guts" I did not expect that one bit. However I did not puke or faint though I am writing this only a few minutes after my reading and puking is still a very real possibility. My stomach does feel quite strange.
Still, while most authors can manage the simple task of making hearts pound, I do believe that it took Palahniuk to make my stomach pound. I will not spoil the story with my reasoning yet it left me terrified of all things with suction power.
The story was purely grotesque yet I must admire the use of imagery in which Palahniuk forces the reader to see the story.
Overall four stars for effective writing.
Still, while most authors can manage the simple task of making hearts pound, I do believe that it took Palahniuk to make my stomach pound. I will not spoil the story with my reasoning yet it left me terrified of all things with suction power.
The story was purely grotesque yet I must admire the use of imagery in which Palahniuk forces the reader to see the story.
Overall four stars for effective writing.
October 27, 2017
Now I have to read Haunted in its entirety, this is one of the stories in that book.
I can see how 78 (probably more by now) people fainted during this reading. I didn't faint, but omg do I feel sick and slightly dizzy. Holy shitballs. Oh the horrors in masturbation. My asshole actually hurts right now. (No, not from attempting to do anything described but from clenching so damn hard). Some of the things that people will do to get off however are disgusting. I think I might just have a reasonable fear of swimming pools. I'm actually afraid to take a shit because I don't want to feel anything near my asshole right now.
I can see how 78 (probably more by now) people fainted during this reading. I didn't faint, but omg do I feel sick and slightly dizzy. Holy shitballs. Oh the horrors in masturbation. My asshole actually hurts right now. (No, not from attempting to do anything described but from clenching so damn hard). Some of the things that people will do to get off however are disgusting. I think I might just have a reasonable fear of swimming pools. I'm actually afraid to take a shit because I don't want to feel anything near my asshole right now.
June 11, 2022
Life-changing but in a bad way.
November 30, 2021
Disturbometer: 9 - 10 out of 10
Another entry from the “most disturbing story” list.
"Guts" is a story out of Chuck Palahnuik's collection-of-stories-in-the-form-of-a-novel, Haunted.
Well. At this point in my exploration of the “most disturbing story ever”, I was starting to feel a bit weary of my quest. Many modern writers, it seems, play on yuckiness, gore and extreme and explicit violence to pull readers out of their comfort zone; they try to ride on the coattails of it being “shocking” rather than to write a well-crafted story, like most of the older “disturbing” stories that I’d read were.
Maybe it’s also a question of that only the well-written stories remain through time, while cheap smut tends to fall by the wayside? Is this story “cheap smut”? Weelll, it’s more like stories that modern boys would tell around a campfire. When I started off reading it, I was actually laughing and shaking my head, thinking: “Seriously? Is this supposed to gross me out?” It was like one of those “medical stories” of “things that went wrong” that some popular Youtubers tell. You know the kind? Like: “This woman ate 500 pears. See what happened to her pancreas.” or “This man drank 40 beers a day for 3 years. See what it did to his brain.” Only, to add to the adolescent boy appeal of this particular story, it was like: “This boy did X to have better orgasms while jacking off. See what happened to his X.”
So, I’m not quite sure how much writing skill goes into recounting medical horror stories. But I will tell you this – I’m not sure if the last story at the end was made-up or at least partly based on the truth, but Palahnuik –did- manage to make it very realistic. Extremely realistic. TOO realistic! I will own up to feeling, like certain British grandmothers would call it: “a bit queer” towards the end. And by that I don’t mean to say anything about my sexuality or that it had anything to do with gayness. In fact, I felt far from gay, I felt gray. I might even have felt a bit dizzy for a moment. I waited a bit before getting up after reading it. Yes, yes, I will admit to that. But I’m still not convinced that it means the entire story is well written. I’ll just say that I found Fight Club far better, and that Fight Club also made me feel less ill.
Another entry from the “most disturbing story” list.
"Guts" is a story out of Chuck Palahnuik's collection-of-stories-in-the-form-of-a-novel, Haunted.
Well. At this point in my exploration of the “most disturbing story ever”, I was starting to feel a bit weary of my quest. Many modern writers, it seems, play on yuckiness, gore and extreme and explicit violence to pull readers out of their comfort zone; they try to ride on the coattails of it being “shocking” rather than to write a well-crafted story, like most of the older “disturbing” stories that I’d read were.
Maybe it’s also a question of that only the well-written stories remain through time, while cheap smut tends to fall by the wayside? Is this story “cheap smut”? Weelll, it’s more like stories that modern boys would tell around a campfire. When I started off reading it, I was actually laughing and shaking my head, thinking: “Seriously? Is this supposed to gross me out?” It was like one of those “medical stories” of “things that went wrong” that some popular Youtubers tell. You know the kind? Like: “This woman ate 500 pears. See what happened to her pancreas.” or “This man drank 40 beers a day for 3 years. See what it did to his brain.” Only, to add to the adolescent boy appeal of this particular story, it was like: “This boy did X to have better orgasms while jacking off. See what happened to his X.”
So, I’m not quite sure how much writing skill goes into recounting medical horror stories. But I will tell you this – I’m not sure if the last story at the end was made-up or at least partly based on the truth, but Palahnuik –did- manage to make it very realistic. Extremely realistic. TOO realistic! I will own up to feeling, like certain British grandmothers would call it: “a bit queer” towards the end. And by that I don’t mean to say anything about my sexuality or that it had anything to do with gayness. In fact, I felt far from gay, I felt gray. I might even have felt a bit dizzy for a moment. I waited a bit before getting up after reading it. Yes, yes, I will admit to that. But I’m still not convinced that it means the entire story is well written. I’ll just say that I found Fight Club far better, and that Fight Club also made me feel less ill.
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