This whole project too, these four books he's written so far-they all really serve as a long, forced look at what it is we've become. Let's call this intervention, this novel, this satire, by this guy called Chuck Palahniuk. This was everything we should have inherited: the whole man on the moon within the decade- asbestos is our miracle friend- nuclear-powered and fossil-fueled world of the Space Age where you could go up to visit the Jetsons' flying saucer apartment building and then ride the monorail downtown for fun pillbox-hat fashions at the Bon Marché. The future ended in 1962 at the Seattle World's Fair. When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?. Little bit of acceptance of their situation. The only thing any character gets out ofĬhuck's stories (except maybe the shaft) is understanding, and maybe a Nothing is resolved,Īnd nobody has a happy ending. Get is that characters learn more about themselves. It is interesting that in Palahniuk's stories, the only resolution we Have rejected the way that they fit into society (not society itself), andĪre trying to hit rock bottom so that they can change the way they fit. Nor is it different from what we discover about This is not different from what we discover about narrator over theĬourse of Fight Club. How these characters have been disfigured, and showing each character's Point A to point B of Invisible Monsters is about showing the reader This is not clear at the beginning of the story, however. Each of the four primaryĬharacters in the book (the narrator, Brandy Alexander, Ellis Island,Īnd Evie) have been disfigured in some way, and have a hand in their It couldīe argued that Fight Club is how Palahniuk thinks men should goĪbout trying to hit rock bottom, and that Invisible Monsters is about Monsters, using different themes and different characters. This is a theme which Chuck Palahniuk explores thoroughly in Invisible Society asks of us, and rethink what we ask of society. By hitting rock bottom, we reject everything which Once one has hit rock bottom, one can be reborn better and stronger In Fight Club, the primary character interaction is Tyler Durden helping Similar yet beautifully different from the breakthrouh Fight Club, and far superior to the lacking Survivor, Invisible Monsters is a super book by a very interesting author.Ī final note: I did not know that this book predates Fight Club, that's something I find very interesting. To close, this is a great read and highly recommended. I think this book definitely has some of Palahinuk's best. Also, as stated above, there are some excellent one-liners. It is often very dark humor, but it still comes across as happier and more enjoyable a lot of the time. With Fight Club, cynicism was used carefully and to good effect with Survivior it often felt heavy-handed and overwhelming - not very funny. Like Fight Club, some of its jabs are very clever and will incite a snicker or two, but it also has a quality that's different from Fight Club and especially Survivor: it's not quite so cynical. The story is very oddly structured, but it's actually surprisingly well put together and is finally tied together skillfully.Īnother thing this book is, is funny. You end up liking all of them a bit, something that Palahniuk's other books didn't seem to achieve as well. The characters are outstanding - yes, the protagonist and Brandy Alexander have Jack the narrator / Tyler Durden similarities, but it's not so bad (at times I felt Fertility in Survivor was disturbingly derivative of Marla in Fight Club.) The characters in this book, as "out-there" as they may be, are very quirky and fascinating. I thought that book was interesting, but it almost felt like a chore to read through it - that's another node, though. It's not quite as entertaining and captivating as Fight Club (Many will disagree with me on this next part), but I thought it was far better than the mediocore, interesting but ultimately unsatisfying Survivor. Many people say this is his weakest novel, but I think I could almost say it's his strongest. I even liked the slight modifications near the end. I very much enjoyed Fight Club, and I personally thought the movie was every bit as good as the book. Highly underrated book by Chuck Palahniuk. I know everyone hates that, that's why I put a warning up here. WARNING! I'm going to compare this book to his other work.
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