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Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

30 reviews

the_sweetest_ash's review against another edition

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dark funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i love satire, i promise. but this book was so disgusting that i honestly wasn’t sure if palahniuk was being silly or dead serious. 

now, this book was pretty solid.
unreliable narrator, martyrdom, sex addiction, drugs, whatever—my favorite part was when the doctor lied to him and told him he was Christ, so he went and had sex with six women and indulged in a girl’s rape fantasy. he is so grossly disgusting that he thinks he’s a good person for letting a old woman think that he raped her. what the heck.


 i liked the writing, but i wish this was executed better. maybe i should’ve read “fight club” first, because i’m starting to think this author is overrated. 
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jasrich13's review against another edition

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funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i’m so glad i picked this up instead of fight club (tho i’ll read that later). i really love this book. only reason it’s not five stars is bc the ending felt slightly lacklustre but idrc
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dromedaryreader's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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weishayes's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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kylieqrada's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Deeply unsettling in all the best ways. If you don’t enjoy unlikeable characters, you will not like this. 
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stiinken's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

4.0

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dyla's review against another edition

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dark funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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finleigh's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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jeffbuckleylvr's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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booksofautumn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I wanted to love this so bad. I usually love books about addiction and Chuck is one of my favorite authors so I figured this would be the perfect novel for me. I think that there was just way too much going on. It was hard for me to commit to one layer because there were so many layers. All of the twists were good and it definitely had the shock value of all Chuck novels. It was just a lot going on that didn’t really flow together in my opinion
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