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He takes you through past and present to discover a sad and surprising reality. In my opinion, it was just as good as Fight Club, if not better.
Chuck Palahniuk is not afraid to throw every disgusting and disturbing thought you've ever tried to supress right back at you. When I started this book, I came in with my critics hat on.
If you don't come prepared for Choke, it will definitely drop your jaw. Maybe you're just trying to shock us some more so we won't notice that this book doesn't measure up to Fight Club." But the shocking nature of this book was necessary, and completely effective.
I thought, "A sex addict. Really Chuck.
The main character is a guy with mommy issues and a sex addiction who creates heroes by having fake choking attacks in the middle of crowded restaurants. I can honestly say that it's the only book I've ever read that made me want to throw up, but still kept me reading.
Whether it was the main character's screwed up upbringing, or his feeling around in the dark for some kind of truth, I was greatly affected by the story. Some folks are scared of a dark comedy, but our darkest moments teach us the most. I've always had a soft spot for this book. Choke turns the ugliest, harshest light on our ego and our neurosis, and then it redeems us again. Jennifer DeLucy, author of Seers of Light
In this book Chuck Palahniuk took me to places and situations I have never imagined.I loved the book and the experience.Nicholas R.W. Henning - Australian Author
My son loves Chuck Palahniuk I bought this as a Christmas gift. He enjoyed it very much.
Orifices. See also: DUH. Try this: draw a cross in the margin every time Christianity is referenced. Somewhere, Hemingway is smiling. Everything has so many levels of meaning that half the audience is laughing, half the audience is crying and the other half (yeah, I don't know how he does it) is vomiting in the aisles. "So fine," we think: this must have been easy. See also: Bestseller.
How could you lose. And then you begin reading. A novel about sex addicts. The margins will be filled. You'll end up with a freakin' flip book movie. Instead of Hail Marys, the young Victor Mancini must have been assigned recitations of "Our nada which art in nada." The novel's title is your first clue that everything is exactly as it looks and nothing at all as it appears, simultaneously. There is legend, myth, faith, history, psychology, prophecy and some geology for good measure. All the while perusing the warning label on a tube of KY Jelly.
See also: Sure Thing. There are more orifices in this book than you can shake a stick at (and that's in there too). Draw a (|) every time Palahniuk references a butt. A "Ha" for every joke; a "Nice" for every brilliantly turned phrase; the character's name every time someone new is introduced; an "F" every time characters F---; and a null symbol every time Palahniuk illuminates Nothing. One moment you're recalling the witches from Macbeth: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." The next, you're humming five different Rolling Stones songs. If you're one day visited by aliens who want to read one book and understand what it means to be human, smile and hand them "Choke."Only Shot At A Good Tombstone
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