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hjb_128's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Car accident, Body horror, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, and Gun violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, and Cancer
adahermans's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
alex_johnson_2021's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Classism, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder
12_gon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Palahniuk tunes Intersectional Feminism to young men lost in the dissonant notes of white male rage and mommy issues. As the reader wanders through the protaganist's self-harm adventure stealing the pain of others and discovering the highs of sleep-deprived mania, we meet Marla and Tyler.
See, Tyler is how the quiet, polite boy ignored by his mom, turns into the schizophrenic mass shooter. Tyler tells the protaganist about
Like terrorism, but way cooler cause our Turner Diaries is the Communist Manifesto BAYBEE!
The book's appeal to me has evolved over the year's. I enjoy Palahniuk's embrace of psychosis and the "sad clown" ending of Tyler winning terrorism. A lot of people pretend they read the book, when they just watched the movie and probably didn't think about it much. In the book, when you don't sleep, self-harm (beat yourself up hehe [cause Fight Club]); you become abusive to the point of homicide. You know, the bad guy. Palahniuk is pretty literal, and meth psychosis is well-known in the seedier parts of the LGBTQ community. Ask around. The prose is very accurate, but not precise. Which I find the fear of failure mirrors poetically in Realistic Horror. The absurdity mirrors survivor's guilt. It'll grow with you.
Sucks for Bob though. RIP... hmmm... you ever think the guy with tits, no balls, and who spent the first two weeks in-utero as a female fetus like every human does might be a woman? Well I'm not going read his chromosomes or diary, so yeah.
Minor: Self harm, Addiction, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence
foramen_magnum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Fight Club is clearly early in his career and the elements of his style are being experimented upon. While sometimes it hits his razor sharp mania, other times it feels very stream of consciousness as told by characters who just aren't always that interesting. Shock value is a trademark of his style but here it feels gratuitous, where in other books it feels immersive. Still, he makes his point, and his critique of capitalism and hyper masculinity is absolutely clear. If this is your first tango with Chuck, I'd recommend you start with Rant before checking out Fight Club, but don't count this one out entirely.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Fatphobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Abortion
nb_leftist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Infertility, Body horror, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Mental illness
sobake_cih's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
It’s a lot more dark and twisted than the film, and many issues in society and the world in general mentioned and discussed in the book are very present to this day, even though it was published almost 30 years ago.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Gun violence, and Body horror
Moderate: Cancer, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Vomit
mdwsn27's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Self harm, Cancer, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Blood, Alcohol, Violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
vexant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Chronic illness, and Blood
Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Gun violence, and Murder
my_a's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This was SOO much better than I'd expected. Never seen the film so I came in completely blind.
The more I think about it since finishing, the better I think it was, the writing and the story. My rating goes up each day that passes. Is it even a 5 * maybe? I think its one of those books that is taken for granted due to its cultural impact. And it got me out of a big reading slump - tried about 4 books I DNF'ed then read this within 24 hours!
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Cancer