Diary
- 272
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Diary” is Chuck Palahniuk in conspiratorial mode: a horror novel told as the diary of a once-promising artist now waiting tables in a hotel. Some readers praise an inventive ending that plays with the form of the book itself, and some rank it first among his novels. Others admit it took effort to get through, or see its mental and physical unease as fashion more than substance.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Diary is a 2003 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The book is written like a diary. Its protagonist is Misty Wilmot, a once-promising young artist who works as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a suicide attempt. According to the description on the back of Diary, Misty "soon finds herself a pawn in a larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives."
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.8 across 217 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.7 | 18 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 6.8 | 199 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Diary?
It has 272 pages — shorter than 82% of the ranked books in Horror.
In this book
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