Choke - Chuck Palahniuk Reviews

"There's an opposite to deja vu. They call it jamais vu. It's when you meet the same people or visit places, again and again, but each time is the first. Everybody is always a stranger. Nothing is ever familiar." That is pretty much how I felt each time I picked up "Choke" from the bedside table, sometimes returning ...  Read the complete review

Choke - a great book - Advantages: Chuck Palahniuk has once again used his clever writing style to create a story where you feel like youra part of it. - Disadvantages: None.

As a dyslexice, reading takes me forever. So when I do read a book, I live with it, literally for months, reading a page or two a day, living with the characters moment by moment. And I was strangely happy that Victor Mancini, the main narrator, was my virtual roomate for these last few weeks. The story - there isn't much to tell. ...  Read the complete review

Poor old Chuck. After the monumental success of the book, 'Fight Club', following David Fincher's film adaptation, the pressure's piled up on him to repeat the formula – to take another well-aimed swipe at modern culture, and make the reader think about their place in it. 'Survivor' was a great attack on the state of ...  Read the complete review