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Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club (2005, W. W. Norton & Company) 4 stars

Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It follows the experiences of an …

Review of 'Fight Club' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Haven't seen the movie. Thought I should read the book (or listen, on audible). Thought provoking and well written? Okay. But enjoyable? No. It read to me like the anthem for miserable, self-absorbed, disaffected young men who'd rather justify their feelings of being oppressed by the world and burn it down around them than actually do anything to improve themselves or the world around them. This book is to self-pitying misogynistic assholes what "Atlas Shrugged" is to self-centered capitalist assholes. As a talking point and a warning, it's a pertinent read. As an enjoyable or positive experience, not for me.