Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
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Web ID: 15843452Mind blowing~
Book will change your life
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Amazing
this book is fjcking amazing
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Book = Movie
It’s impossible to say which is better between the book and the movie as both are extremely well done. Though Brad Pitt is absent from the book, a good imagination paired with unique prose is enough to make this a must-read.
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Not Surprised, But Most Definitely Captured
I had heard a lot about the movie Fight Club from online sources. So, I decided, before I watched the movie, I would read the novel. I knew of the contents; I wasn’t exactly surprised by the graphic manner, but I did thoroughly enjoy it. I’ll start with what I didn’t enjoy. When I first started reading this novel, I wasn’t really interested in the storyline. I was confused and didn’t really care for the beginning. Could this be because I knew what was going to happen? Possibly, but I would have liked to believe despite that I would find the beginning capturing in some way. Sadly, I was sort of disappointed by it. However, this book was a really great read for me from chapter six and further. I read that chapter six was originally a seven-page short story, and Palahniuk wrote around it. I think that aspect is really cool, and I enjoyed the inclusion of that background. Another thing I really liked in this novel was using the rules of the fight club as a vehicle throughout, and this is also mentioned in the afterword. The afterword was super interesting, and I appreciated reading it just as much as the novel itself. I can’t seem to decide what the best part of this book was: the plot or the spontaneity. The plot was utterly crazy but absolutely genius. The twists and different turns this book made kept it fun and entertaining; the random and fast-paced writing style served the same purpose. It was disturbing, violent, and crude, and it played it off like it was nothing. If anything, the gross nature of this book really added to the satire. This book is sometimes seen as a joke book, and the movie as well, but there truly is a deeper meaning to Palahniuk’s writing. It can be interpreted a multitude of ways because his writing style truly is random, and I can appreciate an unset interpretation. The characters in the novel were equally as interesting. Our main character–of whom has no name, and for good reason–and Tyler Durden are both incredibly weird and unpredictable. They tend to repeat themselves but also make decisions that drive readers to insanity. From chemical burn kisses to soap factories and space monkeys, these characters will keep you on your toes. I loved how absolutely insane and unhinged they were. They tried to normalize their violence, and it almost worked. You start to become unphased by the brutalness. This book felt unreal, and I believe it was meant to. The descriptions of people and the thoughts of the characters felt like one big inside joke; that’s what made it so enjoyable. If fever dreams could be put on paper, this would be it. I felt like a spectator just watching the destruction, watching the transformation. This was definitely one of the best books I have ever read. It was both vile and absolutely beautiful. Fight Club is an artistic and satirical masterpiece, and I would one-hundred percent recommend it to those who enjoy dark comedy, drama, action, and complete madness.
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I hate that I hated it
First off, I LOVED the movie! So when I saw the book (and then realized that the movies was based on that book!) I got so excited and immediately purchased it. However, I was soon disappointed. It’s very rare that a movie is better than the book, and it’s so disappointing that the movie was SO MUCH better than the book. I realize that the narrator is mentally unstable, but the book was so hard to read. His thoughts are all over the place (which, of course, makes sense) and it was really difficult to follow him at times (again, it all makes sense, given his condition and mindset). It took me several days to finish this book, and I really had to force myself to read every single page. It did get good when the action started happening (towards the end), but also bad, because that’s when he became even more unhinged. I just really wished I could have loved it as much, or similarly to how much I loved the movie
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