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Fight club by Chuck Palahniuk

12 reviews

chapter_one_athenaeum's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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foramen_magnum's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

Palahniuk is one of my favorite authors, so returning to his works is like catching up with an old friend... Even if they weren't your favorite, they make you feel nostalgic.

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.

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nb_leftist's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

It seems to be a commentary on white supremacist right wing extremist movements and how they’re fucking idiotic, but I can’t tell if that’s what the author meant it as or not. I don’t think it really matters cause there’s not one specific thing that a story can mean and in the afterword Palahniuk even writes about how he kind of just wrote it. Either way it’s definitely a good piece of writing. It keeps you interested and it keeps moving throughout. I finished it in probably 2-3 hours and it felt like 30 minutes.

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andrewhatesham's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? No

3.75

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ali_inthegarden's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Un libro che non mi aspettavo ed in cui ho fatto molta fatica ad addentrarmi.
Solamente verso il finale

nel momento della grande rivelazione sul protagonista e Tyler

è riuscito a catturare davvero la mia attenzione e a farmi collegare le numerosissime oscenità presenti nel romanzo. Un libro che forse avrebbe bisogno di una seconda lettura per essere apprezzato e soprattutto compreso al meglio, in tutte le sue sfumature.
Un libro affilato come un rasoio, che critica la società in cui viviamo in modo feroce e senza far sconti a nessuno. Certamente non è un libro per tutti, ma può valere la pena leggerlo.

Lo stile di scrittura inoltre non fa proprio al caso mio. Ho fatto molta fatica a non perdere il filo della narrazione: la sensazione era quella di un libro che procedeva a singhiozzi, che probabilmente era anche l'intenzione dell'autore, ma che non sono riuscita ad apprezzare.

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