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Fight Club

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by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)

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How is the language in this book? Would we be able to listen to it in the car with our wee ones?
David Lerner No, no, no. It's not about the words, it's about the sentences they form.
This is absolutely the last book I would have anybody below eighteen read/li…moreNo, no, no. It's not about the words, it's about the sentences they form.
This is absolutely the last book I would have anybody below eighteen read/listen to.
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Cam Schitter I watched the movie when it came out on DVD and loved it. I haven't watched any movie more times than I've watched fight club. When I found out it was…moreI watched the movie when it came out on DVD and loved it. I haven't watched any movie more times than I've watched fight club. When I found out it was a book, years after I'd seen the movie the first time, I debated reading the book simply because how can you read a book with that kind of ending, KNOWING how it ended. I finally read Fight Club almost a Decade after i saw the movie the first time and I LOVED it. I have read fight club at least once a year for the last 4. The ending in the book is a little less than the movie but, I personally felt the ending to the book was much more believable, though still not very.(less)
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Is Tyler Durden a real anarchist ? Does the word «anarchy» is being misusen in this book ? Should it be a must-read for people interested in anarchist ideology ?
Hugh Wow, hopefully you guys have grown up in the three years since this question was asked, but if you think Fight Club should be a "must-read for people …moreWow, hopefully you guys have grown up in the three years since this question was asked, but if you think Fight Club should be a "must-read for people interested in anarchist ideology," then you're an idiot. Tyler Durden isn't some kind of anarchist role model, he's a psychopath with a half-baked philosophy. Nihilism does not equal anarchy. Only the most narcissistic wannabe radicals could see Durden as some kind of anarchist hero.

If you want to learn about anarchist ideology go to a library and read Emma Goldman.(less)
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How closely does the movie follow the book?
Michael Chapman It follows the book much more closely than many films follow their respective books.
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How much violence is there in this book?
Dani The book is called Fight Club. The answer is really in the question.

Enjoy.…moreThe book is called Fight Club. The answer is really in the question.

Enjoy.(less)
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