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beccam22 's review for:
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If this hasn’t been spoiled go in blind. The first rule of fight club is you don’t talk about fight club
I read the addition with Chucks afterword after the movie was made and popular and I think him describing what he made was the modern Great Gatsby fair but once I knew the “twist” I was calling it Jackle and Hyde meets Clockwork Orange.
It was a little jarring at first not having dialogue indicated as dialogue but it really added to the story when you understood it was the same person. I’m not a huge fan of the troupe of using mental illness, specifically DID, as a twist or demonize a character for having it but I think this was done well.
Another thing Chuck mentions in the afterword is writing in a jarring/shifting manner to disorientate the reader but giving just enough grounding points to keep the reader going and this was done exceptionally. I mentioned this to someone early on when I was reading this and for a debut this was so surprising how well written it was.
It was a little jarring at first not having dialogue indicated as dialogue but it really added to the story when you understood it was the same person. I’m not a huge fan of the troupe of using mental illness, specifically DID, as a twist or demonize a character for having it but I think this was done well.
Another thing Chuck mentions in the afterword is writing in a jarring/shifting manner to disorientate the reader but giving just enough grounding points to keep the reader going and this was done exceptionally. I mentioned this to someone early on when I was reading this and for a debut this was so surprising how well written it was.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury