A review by rnbhargava
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a quote good book that in a slightly satirical manner, really gets to the heart of dissatisfaction that a lot of men have. The violence to make them feel alive. The radicalization to make them feel like they’re doing something and are part of something bigger than themselves. It’s frightening yet so many of the supporting characters are quite incompetent. The infamous twist with the protagonist arguably works even better in the book given that even if you know it’s coming from having seen the film, there’s intrigue in seeing the character figure it out for himself. I don’t know if I would reread “Fight Club” but I’m glad I’ve read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

This book is quite violent and characters give into their worst urges, mind all the triggers