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Chuck took me on an interesting ride with Lullaby. It’s about a culling poem that will kill people when they hear it. But that’s a very simple way of explaining this book, there’s a lot more to it. It has several themes but it seems to be mostly about how people are never in total control of themselves. We are all possessed by something. I liked the way he talked about people that have problems with excess (ie. Drinking, eating, gambling, etc�) are actually being possessed by ghosts of people who couldn’t get enough of those things while they were still alive. It does seem like that. Some people can have all sorts of control of their life but yet in certain areas, have no control.

There is great deal of humor throughout and I found myself laughing out loud several times. He has a twisted sense of humor that resonates well my twisted sense of humor.

Much like Choke and Beautiful You, this book features a character who has a scheme of making money that is dark and twisted. She sell’s houses that are haunted and then gets the owners to keep quiet so she can sell it again within six months. It’s great stuff. I see the pattern in his books now which Fight Club hammered home with such solid force. Chuck writes about a modern world where people are dysphoric and depressed and they want what they think is there’s. Stepping on someone else’s toes is ok if the end justifies the means. Our world of ultra-consumerism has created a society of people going me me me with no end in sight and Chuck paints this picture exceptionally well.