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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

30 reviews

nb_leftist's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It seems to be a commentary on white supremacist right wing extremist movements and how they’re fucking idiotic, but I can’t tell if that’s what the author meant it as or not. I don’t think it really matters cause there’s not one specific thing that a story can mean and in the afterword Palahniuk even writes about how he kind of just wrote it. Either way it’s definitely a good piece of writing. It keeps you interested and it keeps moving throughout. I finished it in probably 2-3 hours and it felt like 30 minutes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

stephanierose11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sobake_cih's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

It’s one of my fav books since my teens, so I’m very biased. But reading it now so many years later gave me so much more to think about. A truly iconic book.

It’s a lot more dark and twisted than the film, and many issues in society and the world in general mentioned and discussed in the book are very present to this day, even though it was published almost 30 years ago. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

cristina_g_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

So here we go:

Talking 'bout "Fight Club" feels like I'm stomping all over the sacred rules, just like smashing those first two commandments of the Fight Club itself. The moment you crack open this thing, it slams you with a barrage of words that's as colorful as a damn rainbow on steroids.

A language so rich and flavorful, loaded with all those spicy bits and intriguing details that tickle your curiosity about our main dude. It's like you're not just reading, you're damn well living and breathing in his skin, existing on his terms alone.

Now, those hops between chapters? Well, let's just say they're like a funky dance that sometimes lands you back where you started, just to double-check you didn't miss a beat.

You keep reading, letting the pages swallow you whole, and then bam! There it is, the first WTF moment that practically gives you a sneak peek into the wild rollercoaster you're in for. But trust me, that's just the tip of the iceberg of WTFs; this whole book is like a compilation of mind-bending, jaw-dropping, what-the-actual-f*** moments.

So let's talk about those WTF moments, shall we?

- You've got the audacious appearance of a big red rooster (randomly spliced porn frames in innocent movies – like a big swinging… you get the idea).

- Then, there's the way he gets all possessive about those support groups. Like there's only room for one impostor in town, and guess who's playing that role? Our man, of course. Negotiating with Marla like a hustler at the market, as if his lunch's meat depends on that deal.

- Marla, oh Marla. She goes ahead and asks Tyler to knock her up just so she can abort Tyler's baby. Now that's a whole new level of WTF.

- Speaking of Marla, she's a walking, talking WTF in herself. She's like a collision of chaos and oddity.

- Self-mutilation, that's another one.

- The 'special' soup with a twisted extra ingredient, hunting for hepatitis like it's some kind of treasure hunt, soap made from Marla's mom (seriously, what?).

- Oh, and that chat with his boss, when the Fight Club's rule list is discovered. The myriad of brutal scenarios discussed there? Definitely a WTF.

- Blackmailing, now that's a monologue marvel in itself.

But hold on, the mother of all WTFs? Brace yourselves:

- The Chaos Project. I mean, what in the literal name of all that's sane and insane? It's like a garden of WTFs, blossoming into a twisted bouquet of madness.

And there's more, a whole plethora of minor WTFs that start off making you gape but soon become so commonplace you'd think they're just everyday occurrences.

And then, the grandest twist of them all – who'd have thought Tyler and our man were having a one-on-one tête-à-tête in the same noggin? It's like getting slapped with a mind-bending revelation that leaves you reeling and questioning every damn thing you just read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Torture, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Police brutality

queeniebeanie's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

Fast paced, identity struggle. Explores mental health, consumerism, masculinity and other issues. I

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

gniu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

whatwentwrong1177's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

genho's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A great book. The style is uniqe and quite simplistic, which makes the reading very fast. Messages in the book are clear, just the methods are over the top.
Definitely recommend to everybody who does not want to just go with the flow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, and Violence