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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jun 23, 2005
Pros: An absolutely brilliant debut.
Cons: I didn't want it to end.
Summary: Chuck Palahniuk's FIGHT CLUB is a book I fear. Not because it's particularly frightening, but because I know I'll never write as convincing as this. And if that's true, if I'll never be this good, then what in the hell am I doing with my life? FIGHT ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 8, 2011
Pros: The ultimate cult classic. The most life changing thing I've ever experienced.
Cons: The fact that no one in reality has the courage to just run with it.
Summary: I treat this book like a devoted christian would treat the Bible. This is on the top of my list of books to read. Every detail just builds to the suspense and sheer enjoyment of the novel. Chuck Palahniuk is a master of his art, and it really shows ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 1, 2008
Pros: Easy read, immediately engrossing and no obvious ending
Cons: A bit helter skelter and if you've seen the movie, you know a major twist
Summary: Like many others I saw the movie based on this book when it came out in 1999. Brad Pitt was at the height of his powers and the preview grabbed someone of my age and stage. it was pretty good, but frankly I've grown to appreciate it more over repeat ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 19, 2006
Pros: Unique tone & Voice; Engaging; Interesting style; Thought-provoking ideas
Cons: Short read
Summary: After watching the movie "Fight Club", I would never have known that there was a novel until the day I walked upon it standing on a shelf at a local Cole’s bookstore. Instantly, I picked up it up and was amazed by the depth that was relatively ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 25, 2005
Pros: nihilistic, weird, relevant, compelling, well-written
Cons: none (might cause raised testosterone levels and a tendency towards mayhem)
Summary: By now, pretty much everybody’s either watched the movie version of Fight Club or heard about it. If that’s the case, you can skip ahead to the section entitled So how is this different from the movie?. If by some miracle that’s ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 16, 2003
Pros: entertaining, beautiful, dark, funny
Cons: cons?
Summary: In his debut novel, Chuck Palauhniuk, the writer, lets us know what he's all about. I can honestly say, that I have a hard time thinking of a book that makes you laugh, makes you want to keep reading, and at the same time gives you a dark, but honest ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 7, 2002
Pros: Eye opening to little things you never pay attention to
Cons: The "twist" where Tyler and the narrator are...more than what the may seem
Summary: The first book I read by this author and one of his better ones. It was excellent. I loved the fact that his narrator was nearly unable to have emotion or any sort of normal life. His world basically sucked so he created another one. But the hell you ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 5, 2002
Pros: Even better than the movie
Cons: None!
Summary: As soon as I finished watching the movie, I knew I had to read the book. Even though it was $13 for a paperback, it was well worth it. What I liked about the book was it went a more detail than the movie. It even clarified a few scenes I had a little ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 28, 2002
Pros: A fresh and witty sense of reality.
A contradictory and ironic tone.
Cons: Too short.
Summary: If you stop and take a look at America's society today, you see it has many loopholes. And not often do you come across a fresh new author who so blatantly exploits them. One of these Authors is Chuck Palahniuk, and his first, and one of his best, books ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 28, 2002
Pros: Gripping, funny, keeps you guessing, great for more than one reading, incredibly smart
Cons: Can be considered an anarchists cookbook, violent
Summary: Chuck Palahniuk has done something no other author has done before: written a book so incredibly compelling that I actually wanted to read it a second time in less than 24 hours of my first reading. This has got to be the most amazing and true to life ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 4, 2001
Pros: This book could change your life.
Cons: An original hard cover copy of this book can run you $70+ on Half.com.
Summary: If you've seen the movie, great. If not, even better. On the surface, "Fight Club" is a book about bare-fist brawling, and misguided testosterone. But to any reader with an inkling of insight this book provides clever commentary on life in the "gimme ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 9, 2001
Pros: A brilliant look at the present from an interesting perspective.
Cons: Wish that I would have read the book before seeing the movie.
Summary: Mr. Durden, please forgive me. I am violating the first rule of fight club. The first rule of fight club is that you don’t talk about fight club. This review will not contain any significant spoilers, but I sincerely recommend that you just enjoy the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 11, 2001
Pros: darkly comic, intelligent, a brilliant satire on EVERYTHING...
Cons: hang on, I'm going to read it again to see if there is any...
Summary: Chuck Palahniuk is a genius... there, I said it... a GENIUS... Fight Club is perhaps the most brilliant satire of the American culture written in the last decade... focusing mainly on the balances between what people are and what they wish they could be, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 2, 2001
Pros: Quick read, unusual and strange.
Cons: Dark world view.
Summary:
FIGHT CLUB is a first novel. It's eccentric. It's different. It's full of
anarchy. It's weird as a duck-billed platypus. Some of it is funny. In one part it says the
guy thought one time he'd "buy a dog and name it Entourage. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 21, 2001
Pros: This book is a modern classic.
Cons: There are a few scenes that are not for the faint of heart.
Summary: Fight Club is the story of a nameless young man who, in his search for inner peace and sleep, attends support groups for diseases he doesn’t have, and then sees Tyler Durden. The two of them learn that everything told to them by the media, their ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 2, 2001
Pros: I frank, interesting look on life. Very suspenseful , catching, and fun.
Cons: Unusual style of writing that takes a while to get used to.
Summary: I absolutely loved the movie and actually now own the DVD and have seen it various times. I had not learned that it was based on a book until a few months after I had seen the movie first. And when I did learn of the book, I bought it immediately.
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 1, 2001
Pros: beautiful character development and wonderful use of language to further the book along.
Cons: Rather violent in places, language use makes it a bit hard to follow in places
Summary: Let me begin this review by saying how difficult it actually is to write, for I fear giving away bits of plot in the book (or movie for that matter), however, I must trek forward.
The thing that I cannot express the most about this book is the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 6, 2000
Pros: Nice social commentary, interesting facts and information, powerful writing
Cons: Pretty violent (a con for some)
Summary:
I live in Portland, OR and have heard the praises of Mr. Palahniuk a few times, so I sought out Fight Club. I could not put the book down until I had finished it (well, except to sleep once, but that doesn't count, does it?!?!). I found ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 6, 2000
Pros: Chuck Palahniuk knows how to depict a dark future of the world with black humor, white-knuckle suspense, pithy observations, and ingenius plot twists.
Cons: Some of the things in here are in bad taste, such as Marla Singer's mother.
Summary: Chuck Palahniuk's debut novel, Fight Club, has acquired a following, and rightfully so, become a cult classic. It's filled to the brim with brilliant wordplay, insightful narration, and satirical anti-mainstream consumerism concepts. The ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 27, 2000
Pros: A brilliant story with masterfully written characters makes this a most pleasurable read.
Cons: There are graphic scenes of violence that are not for the faint of heart.
Summary: This review comes to all of you humbly dedicated to one Donlee Brussel, a reviewer who has taught me so much in the ways of civilized society.
"Fight Club" is the debut novel from Chuck Palahniuk that takes everything your ... read more
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