Damned
So big surprise I was in a library the other day and I was walking past the fiction section ruminating on how I wish the books were grouped by subject instead of author so I can find something in a genre I would enjoy then I came upon the audio books. And in the audio books were a new thing called a Playaway. A Playaway is a single audio book loaded on to simple mp3-player like device, just have to provide my own headphones. While their selection was quite small I just had to try one out and so I selected Damned by Chuck Palahniuk. While not exactly an audio book connoisseur it wasn't the first audio book I'd ever listened to.
So Damned is a loving heartfelt story about a boy and his dog. No its not but after a few minutes of listening to it you'll wish it was. It is actually about an annoying fat little thirteen year old girl banished to hell after over dosing on marijuana. The story is told first person from her perspective. That about all I can tell you because I quit listening after the first four chapters. The main character is just too damn annoying, I hated her, I wouldn't put up with this person in real life I'm sure as hell not going to listen to her rattle on for a whole damn book. The character had this super annoying habit of breaking the fourth wall every time she used a large word with “Yes I know 'character' I'm thirteen not 'retarded'.” the what she was not would change with each saying. Four chapters in and I was already dreading hearing any word more tough than could be found on a middle school vocabulary list.
I'm going to have to assume that the book is entitled damned because it's hell to listen to. I'm going to have to give it 1 out of 10 I hated the main character that much. Although I remain a fan of the Playaway concept.
