* FridgeBrilliance: An early chapter mentions that Rant's mother would hide bits of glass and such in her food, so that her cooking will have an effect on people, reasoning that people tend to remember unpleasant things in vivid detail. [[spoiler: People remember unpleasant things in vivid detail? Pretty sure she drew that conclusion from being raped, and reliving the events.]]
* NightmareFuel:
** Contains an incredibly graphic rape scene, made even worse by the fact it's [[spoiler: the victim's '''son''' doing the raping...and her father...and her grandfather...it's complicated.]]
** Also, this book will make you afraid of rabies.
* {{Squick}}: It's Palahniuk, what did you expect? Let's start with Little!Rant's 'haunted house'
** Rant's ability to tell your cholesterol level by licking your vagina.
** Rant hiding everything behind a wall of boogers.
*** Or perhaps the fact that his landlord "checked" to make sure they weren't hash.
** The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Graphic Traffic]] reports contain the worst kind of GeniusBonus.
** See the FridgeBrilliance entry above, paying close attention to the spoiler.
** The protagonist ends up [[spoiler:slipping out of the time-stream, becoming his own foster father, then slipping further and becoming a Historian.]] He then proceeds to [[spoiler:become every single male in his genetic line]].
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