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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

10 reviews

augustee's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Drug use, Violence, Sexual content, Body horror, Gun violence, and Self harm

ssummer_readss's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this book was excellent. it was written in a way that reminds me of kurt vonnegut. it had me on the edge of my seat and throwing my hand over my mouth in utter shock. i love how bluntly it’s written, and i like the satire undertones. the plot itself is excellent and even though none of the characters were really lovable (except for bob,

Spoiler

rip bob you will be missed, i cried at your death

somehow you can still relate to some of the characters in certain ways. i love the message of how bad wordly possessions are. also, for once, i think the move adaptation of the book is equally as good. im planning on re-reading this book while listening to the soundtrack (dust brothers, the soundtrack is excellent) so, yeah. i love this book. made me really think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Violence, Classism, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

good luck.

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, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

christina_huseth's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Spoiler

Split Personality meets cult leader of a regime army that follows a bunch of rules. Can’t really talk about it though, because of the first rule.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

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

marxxx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-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

5.0

first Palahniuk book I’ve read and I love his writing stylei. One of my favorite things about it was just how often the narrator slips into the second person for prolonged periods of time. The distance and sameness between Tyler Durden and the narrator; the distance and sameness between the narrator and you. 

Probably a lot more relatable than it should’ve been, but what can I say—I’m a working class communist insomniac who has loads of intrusive thoughts about violence and spends most of their time feeling simultaneously suicidal and terrified of death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Blood, Classism, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Self harm, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm and Murder

deepspacefine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

i read this book in one sitting. it was so captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sofipitch's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I had to think out my rating for a second. Spoilers for anyone who like me was unfamiliar with the twist but this book does feature a violent character with DID. I dislike any media that demonizes DID such as Split because it does a lot of harm. Although they say Tyler is his alter-ego, they never clarify which terms to use, DID, schizophrenia, or what the narrator confirms suffering from in the beginning: insomnia. Since this is a work of satire the point of the novel isn't a murder mystery or a look how scary ppl w/ mental illness are I will give it a pass. The point of the novel is how poorly our society treats the lower class, how men who aren't taught good coping mechanisms, and how a society that doesn't try to help one another is going to lead to violence. So I liked this book because of the anti capitalist sentiment. And the idea that our culture creates men entrenched in toxic masculinity. It's basically a "we live in a society" book. So because this book is very theme/metaphor oriented as opposed to plot oriented I won't write it off for a bad portrayal of psychosis/dissociation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Abortion

abbieinwonderland's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Body shaming, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion