961. Choke

Choke
Chuck Palahniuk
2001

Around 295 pages

Okay, we had two masterpieces of novels, now the List is back to trying to make me vomit again. I'm not saying I loved chocolate pudding before reading this, but I don't appreciate it being ruined for me forever. 

Once again, we get a dark, psychological novel about a sexually disturbed man with mommy issues. I remember watching Joker and thinking how heavily it was borrowing from Choke, but I guess all these stories are so similar that they feel like they blur together.

I would definitely put Burroughs, Ellis, and Palahniuk works in the same category of gross novels starring supremely unlikable and misogynistic men. Skip!

RATING: -----

Interesting Facts:

Adapted to film in 2008.

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