Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

I am a huge Chuck Palahniuk fan and have already read this book along with a couple others. Palahniuk has a very distinct writing style where he introduces many characters and plots and them weaves them together in a compelling way. Lullaby is a very dark, twisted modern horror story that is about a poem that can literally kill people if read out loud. The first one to discover this song is a man named Carl Streator, a journalist writing about sudden infant death syndrome. Other characters become involved like Helen a real estate agent who specializes in selling haunted houses to unsuspecting buyers, Mona, Helans secretary and Wiccan, and Mona's jerk hippie boyfriend Oyster. They all know the power of the culling song, so they make it their mission to seek out all the copies of the song and destroy them. Although not my favorite Palahniuk book, the pacing of it was nice and it is has all the elements of a good thriller. But it is more than just a novel about spells and witches, it goes into themes below the surface like the evil in people, greed, the media and various other themes. I really enjoyed the crazy plot twists as well as the complex, extremely flawed characters.