John

My forth Palahniuk book read and he still upholds the shocking and capturing style and concepts that are present through his repertoire.

The back and forth between contrasting elements of the main character's life kept me engaged and reading more and more, although sections of the novel where our protagonist recited in the third person I certainly enjoyed less as palahniuk's style tends to sit more uneasy in a third person perspective

I found each element of Victor's life to be interesting and amounting to his turmoil and misunderstanding within life, whether engaging with his sex addiction, working in the 1800s with his best friend, his dying mother and troubling love interest, they all collaborated to create a full scope of the tragedy within our protagonist's life whilst encouraging motifs, symbols and themes throughout that keep consistency within palahniuk's distinct style.

One element that pleasantly surprised me that I feel palahniuk often struggles with is finishing such scaping ambitious works, with this ending though being loose and as sudden as others works, it felt more complete and fulfilling than other works I have read of his thus far.

Great book, though still sits 3rd out of the 4 of his I have read as of now. Chuck never fails to impress and surprise.

When watching some movies, hearing the narrators dialogue and the way they speak and the world that is created, you can just tell the book it originated from would be equally as good. Fight Club is an example of this.

After quickly becoming infatuated by David Finchers film I sought out the novel as was immediately astounded by the unique, gritty, amazing writing style of Palahniuk. This book has irreversibly altered my taste in literature and has introduced me to the similar writing styles of other amazing cult authors like Bret Easton Ellis, Irvine Welsh, John Birmingham and Co, and has changed the way I view and create all forms of art.

This book just has something about it that is full of grime and shock and amazingly curated paragraphs that is apparent in Palahniuk's other works but Fight Club does it best. He really delves into the world of consumerist masculine dominated 1990s through his Narrator and how he sees the world and his relationships. The satire and nuance and undertones that this book conveys are rich and so interesting to look into, even though many have missed such elements, especially in the film adaptation.

Even more impressive to think this was his first published novel. This book is my favourite ever and is a perfect example of pushing the limits of literature and reinventing the written world in a dark, humorous novel of violence, lust and defiance against the contemporary capitalist world.

Also, it's super gay.

Read for school so it got annoying fast but the actual book is quite good. The three sections are distinct and contribute contrasting and cohesive insights. Unlike other school read dystopians (cough cough brave new world) it didnt take the storyline in a weird way and fully engaged with the world building in a interesting storyline that for the most part was a good, easy enough to comprehend read. Glad all the analysing for class forced me to appreciate it more than I would have on an independent read

Great read, really nasty. Felt it lingered at parts and lessened in plot as it continues. I know we shouldn't but compared to the movie, I felt the film condensed to the right amount that the books expanded story didn't contribute much more in terms of plot or word building. Still great, an interesting look into 80s male toxicity and the psychopathology that comes with it.