Diary 2

Further thoughts on Diary by Chuck Palahniuk.

The style of writing is so aggressive and angry that I wonder often if the author is expressing some dark part of himself or if he has created the anger for the character out of imagination and fascination with the character. Are all of his novels this angry? There are so many layers and illusions woven into the plot that it's hard to tell what's really going on. The three main characters, Grace, Misty and Tibby, The mother the wife and the daughter remind me of the three fates in Greek mythology; the maiden the mother and the crone. The link between them all, Peter Wilmot, is physically absent. The story is written from the point of view of Misty, his wife, who is writing a diary for him while he is in a coma so that he will know what happened when he wakes up. Or at least, that is what I am being led to believe as the reader right now. There is an underlying current that makes me feel like something else is really going on. Some twist that will reveal itself as the story-line works itself out. What is the deal with Grace and her red diary? Who are these artists that Misty feels the presence of everywhere? Well the book is nothing if not compelling!