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sidharthvardhan's review against another edition
4.0
I’m Joe’s disappointed missing shoe.
Reading Fight Club is like listening to the story of your drug addict friend, on a high as he tells you his incredible philosophy of life.
The story does have some good themes and is humorous, but the problem is it is written as blabbering – which is funny and stupid at times, and simply stupid at others.
You could see the reasons the author chose the tone – one, it is from point of view of a person with psychological illness; and two, story is about need for chaos and it makes sense to tell it in chaotic manner but after sometime, it become bad writing. I mean if only the author has chosen to settle down and write like a mature writer after first few chapters, I would had give a thought of another star.
It could had been better, had it stayed limited to Fight Clubs, but no there are those ‘Project Mayhem’ – the author is himself confused as to how to end it. Also midway the story losses incredibility - I mean the whole city goes mad ? At least a few of them need to have sense ……
But I believe sense is not high point here
Reading Fight Club is like listening to the story of your drug addict friend, on a high as he tells you his incredible philosophy of life.
The story does have some good themes and is humorous, but the problem is it is written as blabbering – which is funny and stupid at times, and simply stupid at others.
You could see the reasons the author chose the tone – one, it is from point of view of a person with psychological illness; and two, story is about need for chaos and it makes sense to tell it in chaotic manner but after sometime, it become bad writing. I mean if only the author has chosen to settle down and write like a mature writer after first few chapters, I would had give a thought of another star.
It could had been better, had it stayed limited to Fight Clubs, but no there are those ‘Project Mayhem’ – the author is himself confused as to how to end it. Also midway the story losses incredibility - I mean the whole city goes mad ? At least a few of them need to have sense ……
But I believe sense is not high point here
arielbradley1998's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
tobyvamp's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- 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
4.25
laylaaxr's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
catgv's review against another edition
4.0
It's awesome! It's well-written! :P And for those who have seen the movie... read it! It's full of funny hints etc, leading to the end. It's awesome!
cerysvy's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
myclutteredbookshelf's review against another edition
3.5
If I hadn't gone in with the knowledge that Palahniuk wrote this novel while fighting his own internalized homophobia, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this as much I did. That being said, I kind of wish the novel was slightly shorter or the editor had convinced Palahniuk to cut some of the repeated passages, because by the last third, I was about ready to throw the book across the room, screaming, "WE GET IT!!!!"
blimeburner's review against another edition
1.0
I think that if this book had been written differently, I would have liked it more. I didn't like the author's simplistic writing style. It made parts of the book very confusing because almost nothing about the plot was explained; it was just happening. One minute this is happening and then the next something else, with little to no exposition about anything in between. It made it very confusing at times. I also just found the main characters to be very juvenile at times. Like peeing in soup...really? I also just find it unrealistic that a large group of men would just suddenly want to end civilization as we know it because they enjoy beating the shit out of each other, but I'm not a guy, so who knows? Also, the ending was kind of weird. The narrator ends up in a psych ward, but the doctors don't seem to know that he has DID. I did look it up, and doctors have been aware of DID since the 1800s, so I find it a little hard to believe that they're not treating him for this. I have not seen the movie, but intend to see now if I like the story in a different form.
ellieweir7's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0