Chuck Palahniuk’s new book Rant is a fictional biography of a man who becomes known as a serial killer, a savior, and an icon after his death, Rant Casey. This biography is told through the perspectives of everyone who knew him during his life as well as many who did not know him at all, but in the end we get a much larger story than one man’s life.

Among other things, we get the story of a time in which the government has forced people to choose to either live in the daytime or nighttime, and the favorite pastime of “night-timers” is buying junk cars and “tagging” other cars that are also part of the game known as party crashing. In the end, Rant is a book which will leave you thinking about government, popular culture, and relationships as well as other topics that shall remain unnamed to avoid spoilers.

Rant starts off slow, but if you can make it through the first fifty pages you will become engrossed in the bizarre life of a boy who spends his free time getting bit by random animals for a high and has slept around with half the town. Throughout the book, you will most likely find yourself guessing how the book will end, but I can almost guarantee you will be wrong. As an example of how strange this book is, I guessed Rant would end as a zombie story, but I was way off.

This book is very good and well thought out. I would recommend it to anyone who likes anything science fiction. It starts off slow due to the many characters’ perspectives, but once it picks up speed it is much better. It will also make you think about a lot of various topics throughout the book.