Disturbing, but ultimately boring

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	• Choke Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2002 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 449 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Choke goes down smoothly

WARNING: THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE
WARNING: THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE
WARNING: THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE

if you cannot read graphic depictions of sex and immoral behavior, do not read this book. If you can handle it, read it. here is a description of what this book is about (does not contain spoilers)

this storie is about victor, the protagonist, who is a sex addict. He finds 'unusual' ways of finding sexual partners and in messed up places. The story transitions from victor's past and present with his mother who is in a hospital. To pay for bills and stuff, Victor scams people by acting as if he was choking at restaurants. That is a very narrowed down discription but i am trying to not have spoilers.

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Disturbing, but ultimately boring

Maybe I just don't ger Chuck Palahniuk, but after reading two of his books (this one and "Lullaby") I find his style to be boring. Yes, he peppers his stories with unrelentingly disturbing imagery, and he manages to pull together interesing stories that start out well... but in both of these books things tend to peter out toward the end. When you become apathetic (not disgusted or distressed) about the lead character by the middle of the book, something is wrong. I know he carries a ravenous fan base, but frankly I just don't get it.

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Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be ?saved? by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor?s life, go on to send checks to support him. When he?s not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park. His creator, Chuck Palahniuk, is the visionary we need and the satirist we deserve.

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