A review by mulders
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

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

4.75

How Tyler saw it was that getting God's attention for being bad was better than getting no attention at all. Maybe because God's hate better than His indifference.

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose? We are God's middle children, according to Tyler Durden, with no special place in history and no special attention. Unless we get God's attention, we have no hope of damnation or Redemption. Which is worse, hell or nothing? Only if we're caught and punished can we be saved.

"Burn the Louvre," the mechanic says, "and wipe your ass with the Mona Lisa. This way at least, God would know our names."

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly. The farther you run, the more God wants you back.

This book (and by extension, its film adaptation) has inspired what I fear will be a life-long obsession. Chuck Palahniuk has a talent for fully realised, fleshed-out characters and a writing style that grips you and just keeps you engaged. He could be talking about pissing in tomato soup and you'd be lapping it up, dying to get to the next page. Fight Club is fast paced and mind bending and funny when you least expect it. There is never a dull moment, although, you might feel weird about soap after reading it. 
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