Fight Club: A Novel
Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation's most visionary satirist in this, his first book. Fight Club's estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret after-hours boxing matches in the basements of bars. There, two men fight "as long as they have to." This is a gloriously original work that exposes the darkness at the core of our modern world.
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This book is unhinged, but in that way that makes it impossible to put down. What starts as a story about insomnia and support groups quickly spirals into full-blown chaos. It’s a slow, and quite fascinating descent into madness. Palahniuk’s writing is gritty, darkly humorous, and painfully honest.
Beneath all the soap (IYKYK) and violence, it digs into the “nature of men” (meaning humanity), consumer culture, and the search for meaning in a shallow world. The mental health unraveling is wild to witness. You know it’s going to crash and burn, but you absolutely cannot look away.
It’s disturbing, and brilliant. I enjoyed Palahniuk’s style of writing and would love to read more by him!
Beneath all the soap (IYKYK) and violence, it digs into the “nature of men” (meaning humanity), consumer culture, and the search for meaning in a shallow world. The mental health unraveling is wild to witness. You know it’s going to crash and burn, but you absolutely cannot look away.
It’s disturbing, and brilliant. I enjoyed Palahniuk’s style of writing and would love to read more by him!
Didn’t really enjoy the jumpiness of the writing. It was good enough that I didn’t put the book down but I didn’t enjoy it as much. Everyone talks about the big twist that seemed like a plausible theory in the beginning. Not a book I would recommend to a friend but not a bad book either.
Wanted to read this before I watched the movie for the first time. Honestly? The book did it better BUT the movie was well done. Short and easy read that I don't regret.
A perfect and still to today a great criticism of today's society. Self reflection, manhood, homosexuality, and burnout on a consumerist civilization.
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