Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Fight Club: A Novel
Book Review: A Walk on the Dark Side
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is amazing...if nothing else for its ability to stimulate and disturb you line after line. As the narrator descends into madness, he rages against the consumer culture of the modern world so beautifully, that you will find yourself actually wanting to join him in his crusade for its destruction. If nothing else, this book will make you think before you buy into all of those sly advertisements that bombard us daily...and make you shudder...wondering if someone like the narrator might be out there right now...plotting, enlisting, and preparing for a brave new world.Book Review: A Welcome Enhancement
Summary: 5 Stars
I just read the book for the first time. The movie is better organized, but of course the book is richer, more textured. There is not really anything new per se, although there are additional subplots and new scences. The book would be mondo confusing for anyone who has not seen the movie. There were entire scenes I could better appreciate having seen the movie.The book is an easy read, but that does not mean it's easy to follow. The food-service guerrilla terrorism was rather gross, but I appreciated seeing that he blackmailed several businesses into subsidizing Fight Club.
All in all, enjoy it!
Book Review: A bible in 208 pages
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the BEST book I have ever read, and, believe me, I have read quite a few, from "The Divine Comedy" by Dante to "The Brother's Karamazov" by Dostoevsky. While the writing may not be the quality found in either of those two books, the paradigm altering concept(s) behind this book are of an unmatched quality. Rarely does excellent writing come together with vivid imagery and dark, twisted, enlightenment -- but in Fight Club, everything comes to a head.Book Review: A bit to simple...
Summary: 2 Stars
Now, don't get me wrong. The idea of Fight Club is an interesting one. But the idea is the only thing which kept me from giving this novel a sone star rating. The writing just isn't very good. Everything is written in short, choppy sentences and it all seems so simple. Ack...the violence and sex in this book honestly didn't bother me very much, although I can see how it could bother OTHER people. All in all, violence is the tool of a simplistic author...it can be used with great skill and come off with great impact...or just come off...violent.Book Review: A book before its time
Summary: 5 Stars
Fight Club is one of the most amazing novels that I have ever read. Palahniuk's dark and twisted vision of relief brought upon by underground fighting matches is brilliantly written and will surely be studied like Vonnegut or Faulkner in post high school English courses in five or six years. A great book by a great up-in-coming author - an experience everyone should have.