Mrs.Shiels' Honors English discussion

Diary by Chuck Palahniuk follows the self documented life of a middle aged woman named Misty Marie Wilmot going through the hardest time of her life. This book captured my attention from only the first few pages it was nothing like I’ve read before. I decided to read this book because it seemed like a great time to expand my horizons when it came to reading. So in this book, Misty writes about her life in third-person, about her daily struggles and reminisce about the past that get her to where she is in present time. She decides to write in a diary, thanks to the suggestion of her crazy old mother-in-law after her husband's failed attempt at suicide that had left him in a coma.
Misty was a dreamer: dreamed of bigger things beyond her trailer park childhood she was talented artist that met her current husband, Peter Wilmot in art school. Misty thought she’d have everything she dreamed of when they got married; living in a big house on a big island, but she was so wrong. She had to put her passion and talents of art to the side to work at a hotel as a waitress just to support her family; everyday she’s constantly downing wine and aspirin just to get through her day Misty is obviously a mess. On top of struggling with her husband’s coma, having to support her family, and trying to hold herself together, her husband’s work life dramatically affects hers as well, his clients leaving messages of saying things in the house are missing, followed by messages he felt on the walls, which were disturbing and revealing, this causing clients threatening to sue.
Through her diary her emotions felt so real, so descriptive and well developed I could understand how she felt at that moment, even if I know I have never had that feeling before; that was a crazy experience while reading this book. Even though Misty expresses how much hate she has for her husband she admits she still loves him. That love she has for him brings readers to have sympathy for her, especially ones that have experienced love before, it creates an understanding of how Misty feels and the mess that she’s in. This was a sneaky way Palahniuk brought out some sweetness in the depressing document of Misty’s life.
It was obvious that Palahniuk did his studies for this book, in this book, Palahniuk integrated the study of graphology which was extremely interested, one of the main reasons why I looked forward to reading more of the book was due to the specifics of the writings on the wall he made a character, Angel, speak of, his knowledge of graphology and decoding the way Peter wrote the messages on the walls helped develop Peter’s character. This book was filled with creativity, Palahniuk developed such deep meaning and significant themes in this book in multiple unique ways. Even though his creativity caused some confusion at times, it all clicked together at some point in the book and I think that’s what he wanted to do; keep readers thinking while reading.
This book makes you sympathize with Misty a whole lot and readers create a sense of support for Misty. The book ends like what readers would want for Misty, not wanting to spoil anything, but Misty picks back up with her talents after all the pushing her mother-in-law had done and it was much needed for her after all the stress and the struggles she went through. You got to see the growth of Misty and seeing that all the negatives that impacted her life, she took that created it into something positive with her art.

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This review is very good, you make the book sound very interesting. I like how you tell the audience why you decided to read the book. This review is well written and make me want yo start reading the book. Nicely done, Jessie