Fight Club- the Book

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5/5- If you’ve seen the movie, the book is not blown for you. That being said, onto the review. I could say stuff like ‘the book takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotion and anarchy that keeps you guessing until the very end.’ and that would be true. But here is what I will say- the book is darker and more sadistic than the movie. Not that the movie was bad- and some things that were changed had to be or were changed to make a better movie. The book starts off the same- Tyler with a gun in [Narrator’s] mouth- and then flash back to meeting Tyler Durdan. The way the meet is different, but that doesn’t matter. So once our narrator meets Tyler, his whole world is rocked. Lives in a shit hole house, joins fight club, but still goes to the support groups he used to go to on occasion. And our narrator still doesn’t sleep. But the book gives us more insight into the creation of Project Mayhem and it’s inner workings. How Project Mayhem evolved from Fight Club. How once Tyler’s secret is blown, the Narrator’s life heads in a bigger downward spiral than the movie would show and how Fight Club/Project Mayhem turns against him, and then events leading to a different ending than the movie. The book also focuses more the Narrator’s and Marla’s relationship than the movie showed. The book is great- a masterpiece. Palanauk is a genius. Read the book. Even if you saw the movie. You won’t be disappointed. Later