The dark humour and dramatic irony make you want to throw up... but in a good way. I loved the details Palahniuk puts into his books. With "Survivor", such details mainly pertained to home economics with pointers on tricky food preparation, as well as ways of getting blood or other bodily fluids out of various materials. These details are unique to Palahniuk's writing. He does this in many of his novels (At least the novels I have read). "Survivor" is a tale about the only remaining survivor of a cult. Our hero of the story lives an eerily mundane life, to the public, but underneath this skin of monotony, his personality delves deep into distinctive psychological characteristics. The subsequent events are wild with excitement and quirky circumstances. Believe me, this is the book to read.