Death and purgatory have a certain beautiful connection, as one informs the other. Trapped in the between places, the tendrils of connection to life are still tangible threads, but death lingers closely. But this tie calls the fears of the latter to mind as doomsday approaches. In Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk, the reader learns the details and exploits about noxious teen, Madison Spencer. Her journey takes her from her death, to purgatory, to the revelation of her own behavior.