Fight Club

"Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐ This was fun as in a "I wonder what the book is like?" kinda fun and one of those rare cases where I preferred the movie. I also wonder how accurate some of the stuff is and am reminded of the Anarchist Handbook in a lot of places. "

"If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would. It is written in a unique and poetic way and definitely had some shocking moments. "

"My favorite book of all-time. One of the most poetic pieces of literature I have ever read. "

"Threw me for a loop! Loved the book I wished the movie followed it exactly!"

"Might be better than the movie. It uses the medium to its advantage."

"The book is just as stomach-turning as the movie. It was very interesting, though, to listen to the book already knowing the twist - instead of taking away from it, it actually gave it more depth."

"I had high expectations when I started this book. Even though some parts were interesting, the book didn't really struck me as good."

"A brilliant display of toxic masculinity and the willingness for lonely people to feel wanted. The book encapsulates the idea that the tired and lonely will join a group just to feel loved, even if that group ends up being a terrorist organization."

"This book had potential. I liked the idea of this book. I love a book with an unreliable narrator, but this? The plot twist of who Tyler actually is was good, I will give it that. I love the idea of being so tired and angry and upset about society and the way the average basic human is treated that you start something -a fight club- and that is the thing that gets you in the end. I liked that this thing you created turns into a terrorist group. Something so bizarre, that you feel deep in your bones, but its not just you. But you're also not innocent. You're not someone who was doing a robin hood act. Those ideas from the book I enjoyed. But the story wasn't moving along very good. I think if it wasn't for these central ideas in the story that overpower a lot about the writing and subplots of the novel, this wouldn't be considered such a classic. I understand some of the things that happened in the book were there to make you see the true nature of what fight club and Tyler have become, to help you see past the romanticization that can so easily happen, but I just thought it was unnecessary in different areas. All of that to say I liked the main ideas and the twist with the character's psyche, but I wish the rest of the book wasn't so disappointing."

"I really don't like reading a book *after* having seen the film based on it. I can't help but see the actors in my head when I read the story, and I'd much rather see the ones my brain creates from the author's descriptions. Bah. Still, this is a good book. Hard to believe it was Chuck Palahniuk's first. If you've seen the film, you already have a pretty good idea of how he writes: staccato sentences, mired in small details, repetitive. Somehow, he makes the sum of these off-putting parts a good thing."