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A review by tits_mcgee
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I'm breaking the first two rules of Fight Club here, I hope you'll forgive me.
Reading Fight Club is like being punched in the face with the power of an idea. The idea that we are controlled by our possessions and our jobs. The idea that we have become lost in a maze of junk we don't need. Palahniuk has taken the fears and frustrations of the 90's, and spewed them black and white onto paper in a haze of twisted violence, the result of which is a timeless legacy that has transcended literature.
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."
Fight Club is as much a spectacular feat of writing as it is a political statement. Under a thick layer of violence lies the scrutiny of modern culture and the resulting deterioration of morality and soul, and through Palahniuk's expertly controlled prose and dark sense of humour these ideas have tremendous weight. The plot and the philosophies gel together to create the perfect book.
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate, so we can buy shit we don’t need. We are the middle children of history, raised by television to believe that someday we’ll be millionaires and movie stars and rock stars, but we won’t.”
The character writing was fantastic, The Narrator and his split personality Tyler Durden are a fantastic duo, a yin and yang of frustrated insomniac office worker, and brutal, lawless terrorist. Their relationship with eachother is the perfect metaphor for corporate slaves becoming unhinged, looking for escape and going mad in the process of becoming free. The shocking ending left me in a state of existential dread; bravo Chuck mate, you smashed it.
10/10
Reading Fight Club is like being punched in the face with the power of an idea. The idea that we are controlled by our possessions and our jobs. The idea that we have become lost in a maze of junk we don't need. Palahniuk has taken the fears and frustrations of the 90's, and spewed them black and white onto paper in a haze of twisted violence, the result of which is a timeless legacy that has transcended literature.
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."
Fight Club is as much a spectacular feat of writing as it is a political statement. Under a thick layer of violence lies the scrutiny of modern culture and the resulting deterioration of morality and soul, and through Palahniuk's expertly controlled prose and dark sense of humour these ideas have tremendous weight. The plot and the philosophies gel together to create the perfect book.
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate, so we can buy shit we don’t need. We are the middle children of history, raised by television to believe that someday we’ll be millionaires and movie stars and rock stars, but we won’t.”
The character writing was fantastic, The Narrator and his split personality Tyler Durden are a fantastic duo, a yin and yang of frustrated insomniac office worker, and brutal, lawless terrorist. Their relationship with eachother is the perfect metaphor for corporate slaves becoming unhinged, looking for escape and going mad in the process of becoming free. The shocking ending left me in a state of existential dread; bravo Chuck mate, you smashed it.
10/10