It also goes to show you how quickly and forcefully people deteriorate into violent creatures if you give them the right outlet to. And Tyler and Jack give them this opportunity on a silver platter – the chance to exercise their male personalities, the Alpha Male within them. Men have been taught to suppress their emotions, most growing up in environments devoid of strong father figures, and so they don’t know how to be men. Men are no longer the strong hunters of the past, but they’ve become just as obsessed with consumer culture as women (a nice call back to Patrick Bateman, in fact). Palahniuk also goes into how men have changed in this consumerist society. What I like about the book is that it goes beyond just being about consumerism and how it’s ruining society. I’m not going to reveal too much more about the book or the film, just go out and get your hands on a copy of each and talk to me when you’re done. It soon becomes a national phenomenon, and Tyler soon starts using the Clubs for purposes other than physical therapy. Together, the two come up with the idea of a Fight Club – a place where young men who suppress their emotions can let it all out in fist fights with each other in the basements of dingy bars. Eventually, he meets Tyler, a man who is everything Jack wants to be and more. Our nameless narrator – let’s call him Jack – is an insomniac who can only sleep if he tires himself out at support meetings for illnesses or problems that he doesn’t have. I think I have a thing for characters who are insane.įrom its opening line, the book sells you into the story. I know I keep saying this about a lot of books I review, but this is genuinely one of my favourites I’ve ever read. If you’ve never watched this movie, I feel sorry for you. Mind boggling is the only description that does it justice. Not only did I read, it but I sat quietly, shaking my head as I contemplated what I'd just encountered.
I'm shaking my head in wonder as I flash back on the twists, turns, oddball humor and dystopian elements wondering if I'd actually read it. At its core, it's magnificent, engaging and evocative, which is why it deserves praise. Project Mayhem will break up civilization so we can make something better out of the world."a contradiction in terms just as the central character and plot are. Where debut novels are concerned, this should get the Pulitzer if for no other reason than it being beyond compare. While the movie is a vague memory I can't imagine it doing justice to the book. Curve balls, plot twists, anarchy and dogma, Fight Club stands on its own. Chuck has created a genre of its own due to its failure to comply with any, similar to Tyler, the central character. It's hard to put into words the unique, startling and comical essence of this unusual story.
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