Reviews

Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk

fauxclore's review

3.0

Para quem gosta de Palahniuk é um livro divertido, que mantém o estilo cáustico e direto que o autor costuma usar. No entanto, não é tão ambicioso nem acutilante como as últimas obras do autor.

Para quem não conhece Palahniuk, recomendo começar pelo Fight Club, Haunted, Invisible Monsters ou Rant.

ngip's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

jmcook's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

bird_babe's review against another edition

5.0

There's is nothing that compares to reading a Chuck Palahniuk novel. His perspective, his way of seeing the world, or carrying a concept through to its conclusion is unique and disturbing and worth reading.

bethanrf's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

sparkletoothed's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

joshhall13's review against another edition

2.0

I gave up.

Too many branching storylines & a disjointed style outweighed all the positives (of which there were many)... But the meandering story broke up my attention span too far.

mkr687's review against another edition

4.0

I never review books because I love reading but I’m a terrible writer so I’ll try to keep this short. I’ve never read anything by Palahnick before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. This book is absolutely insane and I loved it. The story itself is so different and shocking that it keeps you interested. My only complaint is that there’s no central character. There’s a bunch of different characters and story lines that all intertwine in some tiny way eventually. I’d read about a character in the beginning, completely forget about the character after 20 or more pages, then be brought back to that character again. You get used to it eventually but it’s confusing at first. It just jumps from place to place so quickly. I would still recommend it though. It’s an extremely interesting read if you can get past how choppy it feels.

ninevehthecat's review

2.0

I usually love Palahniuk but this one was not for me. There were a couple great satirical moments as expected in any Palahniuk book but other than that it just really fell flat and was really difficult to follow.

carliedikes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, War, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, Classism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Misogyny