"She's a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists.
Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from being a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better, and that salvation hides in the last place you'll ever want to look.
The narrator must exact revenge upon Evie, her best friend and fellow model; kidnap Manus, her two-timing ex-boyfriend; and hit the road with Brandy in search of a brand-new past, present and future."
WHEW, y'all, this book is a RIDE. There are two options for reading, the originally published version or the remix, which is the way Palahniuk wanted to publish it. The remix bounces around, having you turn to different chapters rather than reading linearly, and I loved it. Usually when I read, I get a mix of excitement and almost apprehension as I see the pages in the back of the book dwindling, because I can't wait to find out what happens, but also noooo, it's almost over! With the structure of this book, there was none of that. You're bouncing back and forth, all over the place, so there's no visual progress marker. I didn't expect that to have such an impact on my reading experience, but it did! Fascinating, the way brains work.
As far as the content of the book...man, I don't even know how to talk about it. It's so weird, and there are endless twists and turns. Every chapter has some kind of reveal, and the reader gets enough bits and pieces of backstory that they start to feel like they're figuring things out, and then BAM! Something else pops up that blows your mind. This is not my typical read, and honestly based on my previous experience with Palahniuk I did not go into it with high hopes or an open mind - I fully expected to slog through it and be like "meh, that was ok." Instead, I couldn't put it down. Such a strange, fantastic read.
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