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I think the story lends itself to a visual medium much more and Pitt and Norton were awesome. It did a great job of channeling the anger and frustration that so many people, including myself feel or felt, but the book never really gave any direction, even though there were continuous references to how a gun focuses the explostion to create movement in the bullet (this I take as an analogy of how to get people moving and change the world). Between the movie and the book the stories are pretty much the same with a few details changed and other things put into different spots. It reminded me of reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy because of the overuse of dialog, over the top story and the lack of real character development. It is for this reason that I agree to some reviewers that this book will be a relic of an age gone by, a symbol of the frustrations of '90s, along with Nirvana and the DotCom boom. They brought life into the characters that the Palahniuk was unable to do. The story did hit my pissy yuppy, post-modern/hyper-modern anger at the world and for that I praise the book as a good social commentary.
It is in this way the book points out the plight of modern men by being a perfect example of the issue. I have to say that I liked the movie more. Mostly in was yuppy whining with no real action or point, which ironically is exactly what and who most men are in our world today. The written characters were a bit flat and I wonder if the book was not written for the express reason of creating a movie. HHGG was originally written as a BBC radio show. Overall, I don't think this book gave anything new to the world, just a rehash of stories we all hear and see.
This is the author's best novel. Very unique in many ways you are definitely going to enjoy reading this book.
I read this novel after just recently after seeign the movie back when it premiered those years ago. With the movie, David Fincher took certian liberites with how the story played out. Fight Club was and still is one of those stories you'll never forget. The one thing I love about the book is the contrast it has to the movie. Chuck's original was definitely the more intriguing of the two. :)
The characters are all as flawed as people you know in real life, the plot is so complex you almost feel it happened.It starts with an insomniac trying to feel by going to support groups and that's when he meets the girl who will change his life. If I had to describe this book in one word it would be unapologetic. Once it starts it never stops and questions itself. The fight club is established and becomes a front to something much bigger. The whole book leads you by the throat to it's climax where it dangles you over the edge as you watch for it to all come to an end.
First of all, I would not recommend this book to anyone who has seen the movie; they are very similar and in the deifferences, I think the movie did a better job. For those who want to read the book who have not seen the film, I would recommend it. The story is a fascinating analysis of a generation that has no cause and people who collectively need to find a fatherly figure.
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