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A review by bryce_is_a_librarian
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
3.0
Chuck Palahniuk has two speeds, giddy subversive blasts that force you to question your views on Society and Morality even as you laugh and are awed by his audacity, and moved by there fragile human core (Fight Club, Lullaby, Rant and Invisible Monster). His other speed is that of a five year old who asks you if you like "See Food" (Haunted, Survivor). Unfortunately Choke belongs firmly in the Latter camp.
Even in his worst stuff there are always moments in a Palahniuk book that are a few moments that work ("I'm still here guess that means I'm nuts"). But they are too far and few between in Choke to make it anything other then a disappointment.
That said I have no damn idea how the hell they plan to make this into a movie. Fight Club is going to look like a Tom Clancy adaptation next to this thing.
Even in his worst stuff there are always moments in a Palahniuk book that are a few moments that work ("I'm still here guess that means I'm nuts"). But they are too far and few between in Choke to make it anything other then a disappointment.
That said I have no damn idea how the hell they plan to make this into a movie. Fight Club is going to look like a Tom Clancy adaptation next to this thing.