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Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

Discussion: . Week 27: Finished in a Day

Why we're reading this: You either hate or love this book, there is no in-between.
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. Week 27: Finished in a Day

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May 05, 2015 Ghostcat rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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What.A.Slap.
I wasn't really that motivated at first to read this one, sure I liked the movie a lot some years ago but I was convinced, I don't know why, that the book will be not good enough without the visual experience. I was so wrong.
I read it quite slowly at the beginning but it hooked me so well that I litterally devoured the rest.
The writng style is energetic, intense, and I was amazed to discover that the movie was such a good adaptation, even though the end is a little bit different on t ...more

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Jan 21, 2015 Abhishek rated it really liked it

I was already familiar with the story, and the huge plot twist that happens around three fourths in the book, but the writing style was really gripping. It was so visceral and full of action. I really liked the choice of words and the cool, conversational style of the narrative.

Apparently there's this school of thought that Palahnuik's writing is misogynist, and I can see where that comes from. A lot of the core of the book was about the lack of father figures in the generation of the the narrat ...more

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