Rating: 
Summary: the downward spiral of generation empty
Review: Whether Chuck Palahniuk new it or not, he created a living breathing leviathan of a cult favorite with "Fight Club," his apocalyptic f.u. to American society too deeply entrenched in hopeless lies and false dreams of enlightenmnet. Palahniuk uses the novel as a tool to vent some of his personal dogmas, it seems, so the story is not completely linear in the traditional sense, but more like different chapters that play out like their own short stories, Palahniuk spouting semi-profound philosophical polemics that at times seem a little too contrived .
The book is an interesting read though, and Palahniuk's breezy writing style could be intelligible even to a fourth grader. One of my biggest problems though was that since I had seen the movie first--which would probably be the case for anyone who is considering reading this novel now, unless, of course, you just woke up from a ten year coma--it almost reads like one of those tawdry movie novelizations, with so much of the material lifted directly from page to film. Aside from that, the novel is short enough to finish in just a couple of sittings, and it would probably do you good just to see what all the hype has been about. Don't expect a literary masterpiece, as some Palahniuk fans may affirm, but read it more as an unbridled, hilarious roller coaster ride through the disillusionment camp of one addled soul, and his noxiously dreadful sleeping habits...
Rating:
Summary: Only an American
Review: Palahniuk must be ecstatic! Now there's an Iraq War where all the disaffected young American men he writes about can go (...). Only an American can write this - the disaffection, the disdain and cynicism towards their own soft affluent lives in a culture that is the envy of the starving Third World majority, existential angst of men with everything but the imagination to make life meaningful for themselves and the rest of the world - yuppies approximating spiritual hunger, yuppies suffering ennui -not to worry. After Iraq, there's North Korea. Syria. Wow. Nothing like Osama and Saddam to cure the postmodernist blahs.
Rating: 
Summary: The ability to let that which does not matter, truly slide
Review: true the title is from a quote in the movie but i think it fits. I dint know there was a book when i first saw the movie, and I acredited the genius and the beautiful Zen philosophy with whoever wrote and directed the movie (who were those guys?) now that I have read the novel, I know where the genius lies.
Palahniuk is never boring, never slows down, and never flat. Everything that was meant to be funny is, and all the shocking moments are. When I read the first two pages I heard Edward Norton reading them to me in my head. After about ten chapters I myself was thrust into Fight club and it took my precious neat and organized world and slapped me in the face with a deranged yet beautifully simple alternative. Great to read, it feeds your mind.
Rating:
Summary: tvtv3 doesn't know anything
Review: How can someone say that Chuck P. can't write? Check out what books , movies, etc that tvtv3 likes. I'll save you the time, he is just into that mainstream garbage. Go back to reading Grisham and watching Independence Day or You Got Served or whatever else you deem "good".
Rating:
Summary: Anarchy, Nihilism...A Tour de Force
Review: I'm one of that group of people who, prior to seeing the movie, had never heard of either Chuck Palahnuik or "Fight Club". However, after seeing the movie and being totally mesmerised by the whole concept, the book became a must read.Chuck Palahnuik has created a very unusual novel. Written in the first person but at times offering confusion as to who is the narrator of the tale, the book is a roller coaster of emotions. Who is Tyler Durden? Against what is he rebelling? What on earth will be the outcome? In many respects, "Fight Club" is a whole new genre. It is chaotic. It is anarchic. In fact, the whole tale is more. It is truly nihilistic. Tyler Durden inhabits a bizarre underworld where the rules are just so different from every where else. Fight club's first rule is that no one talks about fight club. Its second rule is that no one talks about fight club. Yet fight club keeps growing before evolving into acts of criminal intent where lives become of little value and social norms are rejected. When reading this book, do not expect a macho punch up novel. It is far more. It is a trip through another world. It is a tour de force.
Rating:
Summary: fightclub
Review: this book is about a very messed up man, i think he is a scitco. the is the founder of a cult that is called fight club. the club therns into something out of control prject mayham. this group gets out of control and starts to distroy and build a army. this is a great book
Rating:
Summary: 1st rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club
Review: This book is really the best book I have ever read in my entire life... I had a hard time getting in to books until my friend Phoenix came around and I he got a whole group of my friends into this book and now I am converting as well. The whole idea of this book is amazing. Read the book then watch the movie- your obsession will grow like you wouldn't believe.
Rating:
Summary: The most orginal novel I have ever read...
Review: and I read a lot. I saw the movie Fight Club at a friends house, and I thought it was strange, but yet very good. It was not like any other movie out there that follow the tradition that Hollywood likes to impose on film. Fight Club starts out with the main character, we dont know what his name is, but he goes to support groups for diseases he does not have, travels the country by plane until he meets Tyler at a nude beach. So together while at a bar, Tyler has him to hit him, his best shot. So begins Fight Club. There are three rules to Fight Club; One no one talks about Fight Club, Two, no one talks about Fight Club, Three, two men to a fight with no shoes or shirts. Then so begins Project Mayhem where each follower; the fighters, they each have a job, like one person's job might be to mold the soap so Tyler can sell it to the big shopping malls and such.
Basically the book just gives guys a reason to beat the s*it out of each other, and to spread anarchy through soap making with human fat. The book ends totally than the movie, so if you saw the movie like I did, just read the first two chapters and skip to the last few chapters. The book and movie run close together.
Rating:
Summary: Good Movie, Even Greater Book, Best Author Around
Review: The movie was good... I saw the movie before I saw the book... I read all of his other books before this one (Survivor, Invisible Monsters, Chok,e Lullaby, Fugutives And Refugees, and Diary). Although, in my opinion all of those other books held my attention much more, maybe because I had a chance to view the movie first, FIGHT CLUB still ranks on my list as ony of the greatest novels of the decade, along with all of his other books and short stories. Chuck Palahniuk ranks along with another of the greatest black satirists of the century, which would be Kurt Vonnegut. I recommend to watch the movie first, then to read the book, because the book is still much, much, much better than the movie, but equal nonetheless. A def. must-have.
Rating:
Summary: damn, son.
Review: Chuck Palahaniuk is awesome. I read this book after I saw the movie (about 10 times). So if I hadn't seen the movie first I would have given this book 5 stars, thus my 5 star rating. However, if you have seen the movie many times you won't get much out of this book. The movie and the book are very, very similar, so much so that I, as someone who has seen the movie and owns it, didn't get much out of the book. I still enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone as (yet again) a wonderful social commentary by a sarcastic mastermind.
|
