Adjustment Day

By: Chuck Palahniuk

Narrated by: Corey Allen

Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

The author of Fight Club takes America beyond our darkest dreams in this timely satire.

People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They've been reading a mysterious blue-black book and memorizing its directives. They are ready for the reckoning.

In this ingeniously comic work, the author's first novel in four years, Chuck Palahniuk does what he does best: skewer the absurdities in our society. Smug, geriatric politicians hatch a nasty fate for the burgeoning population of young males; working-class men dream of burying the elites; and professors propound theories that offer students only the bleakest future. When it arrives, Adjustment Day inaugurates the new, disunited states. In this mind-blowing novel, Palahniuk - an equal-opportunity offender - fearlessly makes real the logical conclusion of every separatist fantasy, alternative fact, and conspiracy theory lurking in the American psyche.

©2018 Chuck Palahniuk (P)2018 Recorded Books

fun concepts on a windey path

Overall a fine book and a good listen. I am a fan of Palahniuk's work; favorites being lullaby, invisible monsters, survivor, and rant. This book just didn't grab my attention as well as those but I still enjoyed the concepts and story. It's worth a listen as a fan but if you've never read Palahniuk's work before start on something else.

I enjoy Palahniuk, but ..

struggled to finish, I really don't know what story was trying to happen...wish I would've listened as soon as I got it so I could've returned it after a few hours.
The narrator didn't help much either..

Chuck's best

If you're a reasonable person in these times of ideological strife, you'll love this book.

Definitely clever but probably better to read.

I finished the book a week ago, I wanted to let the story resonate with me for a bit. I am a huge Chuckie P. Fan. I’ve read them all, some more than once. I’ve never listened to one before and I think that is where my iffy feelings are coming from. As usual the book is extremely clever and well thought out from beginning to end. Every character’s personality traits stay their course and no part of any character is lost. I love the subtle things that pop in (for instance: Walter running through a “scene” randomly). Hilarious! I thought about the book
All day and for days after finishing. It blows my mind the way Chuck can think 20 steps ahead and convey it effortlessly to the reader. If this is your first Chuck Palahniuk I suggest you go out and track them ALL down, you won’t be disappointed!
The CONS:
It was extremely annoying hearing the clever character nuances. One example: “And he was like....and she was like.... and I was like....” UGH! That would be better heard in your own voice in your own head rather than hearing out loud. It is no fault of the narrator, just my opinion. There were several other instances like this in the book that annoyed the shit out of me. It ALMOST ruined the book for me. I almost gave up on it three times. I’m glad I didn’t, the story is amazing. I wish I’d read it instead.

Starts strong, Ends in a whimper

The first half of the book is a great example of what fight club would have been like if Tyler Durden Wrote Mein Kampf. Unlike fight club though, Adjustment Day does not end when the revolution succeeds. So what we're left with is a bunch of characters you don't care about living in the satirical new america. If this was a sequel to fight club and actually had Tyler Durden as the
leader, I might have liked it a bit more.

Thanks Chuck!

You never disappoint. The words of Talbet ring True, genius or madman, who cares - we all just need a unified theory about something.

the book was really just a good mindf*ck .

adjustment day, kind the first go around I wasn't sure which way was up and which down was way. second time I kind of got a feel for what was happening but I still a bit confused. the third time I couldn't get enough. I am really looking forward to the 4th time through. I don't want to miss anything. and that's how good it is. sucks you in to this world that is so unreal it's real.

Probably better as a movie

A little hard to follow. Jumps around a bit. You are left with filling in gaps for yourself.

some thought- provoking ideas, very little plot

I wanted to like this book, and there were parts that I did, but it didn't seem to go anywhere fast. Some very thought-provoking ideas, but little to no story arc. I didn't realize it was supposed to be funny until midway through the book when it started getting so ludicrous you had to laugh.

Perhaps it's the mark of good satire when it depresses you at the same time it's making you laugh.

Amazing as always

Chuck never let's me down. This book is fast-paced from the first page to the very last word.