ellemaddy's Reviews (1.09k)

I can't believe they're about to cut off his balls and they still called him sir and they were like "nothing personal, nice to finally meet you, sir" Oh man, that cracked me up real good.

I watched the movie before I read the book so when I read this I already know about the split personality thing but it was still a mind fuck. I don't remember the main character has name? Like he's just that guy who has another personality named Tyler Durden and in a way he doesn't exist before Tyler because his life was so generic and boring. I get that this book is about some bored guy with a perfect life and daily job and he's just so tired of the routine that one day he invented Tyler without even realising it and then Tyler wrecked his life. Or more accurately, he wrecked his own life. The amount of soap making and bombs 101 in this book is like a subtle tutorial. Tyler is like the complete opposite of the main character who was a nice person but ever since he met Tyler he just became this fuck-everything kind of guy. Tyler invented the fight club, then the project mayhem committee and other committees and they basically do some really fucked up terrorist-y stuff and beat up each other for fun. This book kinda puts stuff into perspective and it makes you think how dangerous bored guys are and they are fucking crazy and they're literally the worst.

And you know how the fight club member is all men and the project mayhem member is all men and literally there's only one female character in this book and she doesn't even show up that much even though she's this really interesting complex character and it so frustrating because I need more Marla in my life.

4/5 stars because despite of its crazy men doing crazy shit frenzy it was actually pretty good.

Sleepless definitely had the potential to be a good book. It's about sandman which i havent read in any other books (and i keep remembering about that yellow guy from the jack frost movie). But then then came the bad part. Unecessary romance. This book doesnt even have a love triangle anymore because the main character has 3 love interest (nasty, i know). The main character's boyfriend aka Griffin is dead and he became a sandman, replacing Julia's old sandman Eron. Both are in love with Julia meanwhile Griffin's best friend is ALSO in love with Julia. The conversation in the book is boring, the jokes arent even funny, characters are bland and one dimensional, and Julia is your typical something-bad-happened-to-me-when-i-was-a-kid character and it's the only interesting thing that happened in her life. She doesnt have any girl friends or any friends whatsoever that doesnt at least want to make out with her. The problems in this book are resolved so easily they dont seem like a real problems, and then theres the emotion issue in which Griffin died and Julia didnt even cry, not even once. I get it, you're strong but come on. Your boyfriend is dead, why aren't you sad?? It's just not realistic because her inner monologue when Griffin died was more like 'what should i do now¿¿ he was the one who defined who i am, the one who made me interesting'
Also an actual quote from the book:

"I wonder what I’ll have to do this time to be thought of as normal again. Before, it was Griffin who made me normal. Now … maybe I need to attach myself to a new guy. And the logical choice is Bret."

Your boyfriend just died and you're more worried about getting a new boyfriend? Bitch that's harsh.