As I grow older and my
attention span shortens due to Netflix and the quickly changing world we live in,
I find it hard to devote time to leisure reading. Although I do enjoy diving
into a novel on occasion, I tend to choose other media rather then flipping though the pages of a book. I
even can shamelessly say that I have quite a few novels in my ever growing book
collection that I have yet to even crack open, but I like to justify this by a
quote I read in Austin Kleon’s book Steal
Like an Artist (Ironically from a book that I had owned about 6 months
before reading.) “Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them
right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.” I would always
stare blankly at the books on my bookshelf without giving any a chance. This was until I came across the book Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.
Palahniuk takes you on an emotional roller coaster and reveals the vanity and
extreme importance of beauty that we face being in the fashion world and in the
public eye. Palahniuk (The writer of the cult classic Fight Club) outdid
himself with this book. The vivid novel focuses particularly on a collection of
high end fashion models and a drag queen who are road tripping across the
country to find themselves and escape from reality. The novel focuses on the narcissistic fashion world
we have come to love and cherish. It shines a cruel light on how one decision
can affect the rest of your life. The book creates an amalgam of brutal and
graphic descriptions with wit and humor. If you are a fashion major or conceder
yourself fashion forward with a hint of cynicism this is the book for you.
Palahniuk will have you on the edge of your seat, from envisioning the Chanel
dress the antagonist dons in great detail to a murder scene with the killer
painted in blood wearing a stunning designer wedding gown that is charred to a
crisp. Palahniuk was inspired by fashion magazines and extensively studied the
fashion world and it shows in his vibrant descriptions and writing. If you are
looking for a book this winter break that fuses the fashion world and suspense
look no more and pick up a copy of Invisible Monsters!
