Choke

My forth Palahniuk book read and he still upholds the shocking and capturing style and concepts that are present through his repertoire.

The back and forth between contrasting elements of the main character's life kept me engaged and reading more and more, although sections of the novel where our protagonist recited in the third person I certainly enjoyed less as palahniuk's style tends to sit more uneasy in a third person perspective

I found each element of Victor's life to be interesting and amounting to his turmoil and misunderstanding within life, whether engaging with his sex addiction, working in the 1800s with his best friend, his dying mother and troubling love interest, they all collaborated to create a full scope of the tragedy within our protagonist's life whilst encouraging motifs, symbols and themes throughout that keep consistency within palahniuk's distinct style.

One element that pleasantly surprised me that I feel palahniuk often struggles with is finishing such scaping ambitious works, with this ending though being loose and as sudden as others works, it felt more complete and fulfilling than other works I have read of his thus far.

Great book, though still sits 3rd out of the 4 of his I have read as of now. Chuck never fails to impress and surprise.