Fight Club

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Summary: OH MY GOD
Review: This book was quite possibly the best I've ever read. I am a sophmore in high school and haven't read anything that made me want to finish a book in over 2 years. I got fight club at nine A.M and finished it within i hours. The book was like the movie but more graphic and with the writters use of imagery. I couldn't put it down. If you haven't seen the movie go out and buy the book and see the movie. This morning I ordered the other books by Chuck Palahniuk and ordered the movie as soon is it comes out in april.

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Summary: Much Better, and Different, Than the Movie
Review: While the actual film might've been too much for the masses to take, this book is even more so. I wish I had read the book before the movie, because it was interesting to see how things had changed from paper to celluloid. The screenwriter of the film, Jim Uhls, did a fine job adapting the story, but because much of the material was terribly contorversial, it had to be toned down. This book is terrific is you love scathing satire and terrific and past-paced storytelling. Palahniuk's way of telling the story is mesmerizing. It intrigued me to see how he broke up how the narrator thought and how we reacted to situations. This only helps to set up the great story line and the terrific climax. In short, nothing in this book is a cop-out or meant to be offensive. It is simply a satire of how we live our daily lives. This novel is terrific from start to finish, and much better than the movie, if you can believe that.

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Summary: TOURIST
Review: what you must understand is that the world painted in fight club is exactly like the one you and i live in right now. if you admit it or not is the question only you can answer. fight club takes us into our own soul. it shows us how ugly we have become. and how beautiful we could be, if only we let ourselves be that now. what a mirror confesses only to the viewer. if you want to see it, you will come to see that it is so much more than skin deep. we live in a world that spins on lap top computers and power bars. dont be fooled unless you like playing the fool. this book is not a book as much is it is everything you never wrote down in your journal if only you kept a journal. this book is that part of your mind. the part you like to pretend doesn't exist.

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Summary: even a girl can like tough books...don't forget about us
Review: i think it is dissapointing to hear people complain about how this book isn't as good as the movie. in fact, perhaps it would have been better if i hadn't seen the movie first because the originial ideas of Chuck Palahniuk are the WORDS, not brad pitt or edward norton. if anything, this book proves it's point to you if you thought is was worse than the movie: 1. you like things 2. you like to buy things 3. you want things 4. you need society 5. "you're the faker." this book deserves more recognition than any movie screen can offer, unfortunately somewhere between birth and our "20-something" lifestyles, we forget to read. i don't deny how much i'd like to take a peice of brad pitt and take him home with me, but he is not the brain nor the words of the original inducer. Chuck Palahniuk isn't the common house name brand. and brad pitt is? how ironic, chuck.

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Summary: Absolutely fabulous!
Review: First off, I haven't seen the movie yet. I wanted to when it came out to theaters, but never got around to it, so I figured I'd read the book first. At first I wasn't really into it. Everything was so negative and seemed uninteresting through this guy's eyes, but later the book took me on an adventure that I can't get out of my head. This book is a must read for those who need more excitement in their reading repetoire. Totally different-totally fantastic.

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Summary: Hmmmm...
Review: like many readers I only decided to read the book because I loved the film(even though it has Brad'bottom of the'Pitt in it). The book couldn't possibly live up to the film and unfortunately it didnt. But it was enjoyable nonetheless. The style of the storytelling is great if a little pretentious in places. My main criticsm though is the ending. It seems as though Chuck already knew the twist ending and all the way through the book he was simply explaining it. And the twist does'nt work, it does'nt pull the rug from under your feet. Nice effort but could have been so much more.

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Summary: A book for guys who like books...
Review: Anarchy from a satirical perspective...brilliant use of language, absolutely brilliant. I, myself, have read it twice through and find it unneccessary to keep my place...(ask me why)...Because I can never put it down. Chuck, I'm waiting to see what else you've got up your sleeve...Oh, and if you've got the time, folks, check out the movie...directed by David Fincher...c'mon, how bad can that be?

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Summary: A book for guys who like books...
Review: Anarchy in satirical form...brilliant writing, brilliant use of language. I've read it twice and I don't need a bookmark, simply because I can't put it down. Quick reading for the quick reader. Oh, and if you've got the time afterwards...check out the movie...directed by David Fincher, c'mon, how bad can that be?

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Summary: Fight Club is AWESOME!
Review: If you enjoyed the most incredible movie in the entire world---Fight Club---then you should definately read this book. It makes me want to take an empty soda can and smash it against my head. Yeah CHI!

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Summary: Terrible peice of hypocrisy
Review: This book and movie are ludicrous. Chuck P. sufferfrom the same disease that hacks like Bret Easton Ellis and his ilk suffer from. He glorifies what he purports to condem. In this case, male violence. The scary thing is that this book and movie are reaching the ignorant, who see only this glorification and miss the terror that lies at the heart of this awful book. Further, the book masquerades as a rebellion against our capitalist and money-drive society, but what did the author do but allow this to be made into a high budget movie, that exists only as a result of the ideas that the book is rebelling against. If you want to see a real literary account of the violent side of man's nature read the masterpiece _Blood Meridian_ by Cormac McCarthy. This is slick trash hipped up for an ignorant reading audience.