Choke

Will you please stop featuring such appealing novels only available in abridged format? I am continually stumped as to why oh why anyone with a brain would even bother to read an abridged novel. Several times I have found on your site what promised to be a good read, but only available in the abridged version, and I have gone to the competition and rented the unabridged cassettes. Please stop the insanity!

Will you please stop featuring such appealing novels only available in abridged format? I am continually stumped as to why oh why anyone with a brain would even bother to read an abridged novel. Several times I have found on your site what promised to be a good read, but only available in the abridged version, and I have gone to the competition and rented the unabridged cassettes. Please stop the insanity!

I imagine a book editor having a heart attack at the opening line of the author urging us to not read(listen to) this book. It's a great bold, line and it had me hooked.

Yes this book is graphic and sexually-explicit, but it's about a sex-addict and other addictions, so you can't really tiptoe around that and still tell the story as effectively as the author does. It's not for the squeamish, but then again, neither was Fight Club.

Chuck Palahniuk is great at reading his story, as well, giving all the nuances and inflections that bring his characters to life. There is an additional interview with him at the end of the book, which is a feature I'd love to see in more Audible books.

If you're a fan of Fight Club, Trainspotting, and the sort, you'll like this book a lot. I'm looking forward to more Audible books by Chuck Palahniuk and featuring his narration.

I sometimes wonder if I have been listening to the same book as other reviewers. This is an ultimately uplifting book about the point at which people break out of destructive behaviors and turn their lives around.
Now that obviously involves delving into the destructive behaviors but since the example given is sex addiction everything has its positive side.
I found it a very funny book. It is completely unreliable on almost everything especially the opening entreaty from the author to stop reading.
If you are easily offended its not for you. If your are annoyed by snowboarder speak...Dude don't do it!
If you enjoy original and irreverent ideas coming at you in twisted but amusing ways get it in your cart!
I bought it because I enjoyed the sample...I think its pretty representative of the whole book so I would recommend you try that, if you enjoy it you will enjoy the whole thing.

This book has been reviewed by several prudes on this site, and that's cool. But this book contains so much more depth and insight into people's actions and the motivations behind them. It is one of the most insightful and thought provoking books I've ever read, and it's a shame that so many people can't see past the "vulgarity and sex talk". Have an open mind with this one and you might walk away a different person. I know I did.

I got this book because I really enjoyed the movie "Fight Club." I was a little unnerved by the extensive and raw description of what goes on in the mind of a sex addict. Though this was disturbing, I found the book compelling. In the end I felt that the author's narration set the perfect tone. I enjoyed my little journey in someone else's mind--a reminder that the world is composed of all kinds.

This guy writes the craziest stuff ever. I can only listen to about 1 per year from this author. It is mind blowing and gross....enjoyable in a sick way

Chuck does something not many other people do and he may not do it intentionally, but the wisdom of his writing is buried underneath a sort of "shock test" that you have to be open-minded enough to accept as having some value, before his brilliance really starts to surface for you. 'Lullaby' is better, but 'Choke' is good.

This is the best novel I've encountered in years. I sat through it twice in a row, awed. Other reviewers have criticized it for its adult content, and it's not for kiddies or for the provincial. But if you are neither of those, get this book right away. It's pure genius.

Very dark and dry humor, kept me interested the entire time. The author narrates the book which I really enjoyed. His dead pan delivery of some of the most shocking material literally made me laugh out loud numerous times. If you like sarcastic dark humor you must check this out. If you are very serious about a 12 step program you belong to this book might not be for you.