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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The most visceral, hilarious, provocative novel that I can think of.
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There’s a pattern in all Palahniuk characters. I read Choke before this, and the narrator in Fight Club is similar to the one in Choke. Very sporadic. Unsure. Of course, the plot is confusing and disgusting, just like the other great books he’s written. I do think it’s interesting that Fight Club was the book that took off for him. It’s a beacon for all those toxic-masculine incels out there, and yet, no one knows there’s a book. I know in the afterword it says that Fight Club is an escape. But so are his other books. So while I loved this book, I’m not sure why this book is the standout of Chuck Palahniuk’s novels.
Fight club. Damn.
For me reading it was like being an outsider witnessing a complete down spiral of one bad choice after the other. How a character, not sure how to handle trauma and difficulties in their life, tries to make it worse only to feel better about themself. The lines they had previously drawn up for how far they could go where slowly moved further and further away, until the person they once was could no longer be found.
It started with one punch, and then it ended in this.
I never found this book as glorification of violence and toxic masculinity, instead it served as a reminder that if you don’t handle the shit in your life the bad things will only lead to more bad things. Violence create more violence until morals can no longer be found.
In Fight Club I saw the worst of society - the worst in humans - and somehow it amazed and disgusted me at the same time.
For me reading it was like being an outsider witnessing a complete down spiral of one bad choice after the other. How a character, not sure how to handle trauma and difficulties in their life, tries to make it worse only to feel better about themself. The lines they had previously drawn up for how far they could go where slowly moved further and further away, until the person they once was could no longer be found.
It started with one punch, and then it ended in this.
I never found this book as glorification of violence and toxic masculinity, instead it served as a reminder that if you don’t handle the shit in your life the bad things will only lead to more bad things. Violence create more violence until morals can no longer be found.
In Fight Club I saw the worst of society - the worst in humans - and somehow it amazed and disgusted me at the same time.
adventurous
dark
funny