Matt
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Sometimes a story becomes so ingrained within the culture that it feels impossible to truly read it for the first time. That is absolutely how I feel about Fight Club. This book and its movie adaptation are so ubiquitous that I felt like I already knew everything about it before I started listening to the audiobook. I knew the memes. I knew the ending. I knew the big twist. For a book that is largely centered around that twist, you’d think that would be a bad thing. And yet I can honestly say that reading Fight Club for the first time in 2024 is still a damn good time. Palahniuk is a really cool writer who is oftentimes very heavy handed but leaves enough room for interpretation that the book is still fun to read. I can see why David Fincher read this and figured it would make for a good movie adaptation and I also see why said movie adaptation became a big hit. Tyler Durden is a truly wonderful character who is able to elicit all manners of jealousy and distaste from any reader and it makes sense that he is an icon. There’s just so much to like about this book and I consider it to be a genuine classic.
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Sometimes a story becomes so ingrained within the culture that it feels impossible to truly read it for the first time. That is absolutely how I feel about Fight Club. This book and its movie adaptation are so ubiquitous that I felt like I already knew everything about it before I started listening to the audiobook. I knew the memes. I knew the ending. I knew the big twist. For a book that is largely centered around that twist, you’d think that would be a bad thing. And yet I can honestly say that reading Fight Club for the first time in 2024 is still a damn good time. Palahniuk is a really cool writer who is oftentimes very heavy handed but leaves enough room for interpretation that the book is still fun to read. I can see why David Fincher read this and figured it would make for a good movie adaptation and I also see why said movie adaptation became a big hit. Tyler Durden is a truly wonderful character who is able to elicit all manners of jealousy and distaste from any reader and it makes sense that he is an icon. There’s just so much to like about this book and I consider it to be a genuine classic.