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Loading... Choke (original 2001; edition 2002)by Chuck Palahniuk
Work detailsChoke by Chuck Palahniuk (2001)
He wants to shock us! (  ) EricKibler | Apr 6, 2013 |  another one that i have mixed feelings about. some of this seems just preposterous, and some of this seems so right on it's almost unbelievably insightful. the same dichotomy is true of his writing style. (  ) elisa.saphier | Apr 2, 2013 | Alright... Um... I'm not even sure how to describe this book. Let me start by saying this is not a book for anyone under the age of twenty (or twenty-five) or anyone with a weak stomach. Or anyone who doesn't like the exotic in the sexual. Or anyone who does not like very crass dialogue in their books. Or anyone who has not read a book about sex addiction before this. This may not be the best book to read if it is the first of its kind that you are reading. I don't think I've read a book before that was this sexually graphic. I was not prepared for this book. :) Victor is very crude and very cynical. He's no hero; I never did like him. There is humor but its dark humor. The whole book is dark. There is no happy ending or main message. This is the exposed side of society that most people would like to ignore. I can’t decide if I disliked this book or thought it was okay. I give points to Palahniuk for going to these extremes. No one who reads this book will forget it. I didn’t mind the sexual part of the book all that much but the degradation Victor put on himself throughout the book bothered me. And I don’t mind cynicism but this much cynicism was too much for me. As an aside I listened to this book on audio CD, and this could have contributed to my sense of being slightly overwhelmed by the language and cynicism. Also, this is the first book of Palahniuk that I have read. I do not know if this is consistent with his other novels or not. So overall, I guess I have to say I didn’t particularly like the book, but that it’s not a bad book. I’m not sorry it was picked for my book club. The club is about broadening our reading horizons. This definitely did that. :) ( ) Kassilem | Feb 21, 2013 | What stands out is the hilarious way the protagonist makes a living - pretending to choke in restaurants to have people help him, which makes them feel responsible for him later on so he can ask them for money. At a place for old people, it is said that one could set up a mirror, tell those living there that it was a tv showing a series about miserable, dying people, and they would watch for ours. Good that the author is reading the audiobook himself. Nice short interview at the end. ( ) ohernaes | Feb 12, 2013 | Palahniuk is a insane but in the good way writer - his novels are just crazy and full of twist, dark humor and amazing stories. I picked this one out of random from the library and enjoyed it. (  ) rayneofdarkness | Feb 2, 2013 |
 Choke seizes the dirty truth disguised beneath our modern glamours and screams it loudly into your ear. You may find yourself feeling unusually militant after reading Choke – consider this a warning.  In Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 cult novel ''Fight Club,'' a young man escapes the emasculating boredom of modern life by indulging his violent, antisocial impulses. Victor Mancini, the narrator of Palahniuk's energetic, exasperating new book, also keeps in close touch with his inner bad boy, though what it is he's trying to escape is less clear. His operating principle is ''What would Jesus NOT do?'' ''If you're going to read this, don't bother.'' So Chuck Palahniuk introduces the reader to Choke, showcasing the punkish style of his fourth novel from line one. The narrator, Victor Mancini, continues: ''After a couple pages, you won't want to be here,'' he warns. ''Save yourself.'' The hero's warning is the author's awkward wink, and there, in the third paragraph, you have the story's over-worked theme: salvation.  So ''Choke'' is an uneven but still raw and vital book, punctuated with outrageous, off-the-wall moments that work as often as not. Is contained in
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