Chuck Palahniuk's Unfresh Hell

Damned is Chuck Palahniuk’s fifth novel in five years. That rapid string of releases has seen some raunchy peaks and odd valleys, but his newest work unfortunately belongs with some of his worst. Damned takes a first-person perspective through Palahniuk’s vision of hell, a topic that seems well-suited to his hyper-detailed, entertaining strengths, but comes up empty.