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by cdm72  in Books,  - Top 500, Aug 11 '04
Pros: Great writing!
Cons: Bad ending!
Victor Mancini’s mother is a patient in St. Anthony’s Constant Care Center. The bill there is around $3000 a month. Victor, a medical school drop-out, works at a colonial amusement park and doesn’t make near enough to meet that bill. So ...
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by msmorvay - Top 500, Sep 02 '03
Pros: Brilliantly strange
Cons: May be offensive to some.
I just noticed on Half.com that Chuck Palahniuk has a new book out entitled Diary. Just seeing the ...
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by LEDOMAINE , Oct 06 '01
Pros: Well-written exposé on social themes; a candid "thought" on sexually-oriented tendencies
Cons: In guise of "artfulness", author provides some enlightening views, at potential expense of our teens
QUESTION: How--where--did we fail them? You ask, "who"? Those young adults who ask, "What's wrong with making a violent sport out of trying to off oneself? Especially when all we're attempting to do is justify why our existence is...
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by deaser26 - Top 500, Oct 23 '01
Pros: Manic and vibrant writing, delightful characters, sick and twisted humor
Cons: Too short, give me another hundred pages
You may not think you have heard of Chuck Palahniuk, but you have. If you have seen Fight Club, then you have seen his manic, and very volatile writing. Portland based author Chuck is a protégé of Tom Spanbauer (City of Shy Hunters) and was...
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by paramchuk , Jun 22 '01
Pros: More Chuck..
Very, very funny
Cons: Ends quickly...
"When you hear the Blue Danube Waltz playing in a hotel lobby, get the hell out of there."
I had the oppotunity to meet Chuck Palahniuk recently on his book tour. And looking at the guy you wouldn't expect to read such words as sexual...
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by Ravenskya , Aug 28 '08
Pros: Well written, can be thought provoking if you get past the potty humor
Cons: Will be considered VERY offensive to most
If you pick this book up, don't even bother looking at the back cover, what is written there cannot even begin to tell you what you are about to read. I picked this book up based off of a few different people's recommendations and hearing the author's ...
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by tbiddy , Dec 12 '03
Pros: Some genuinely entertaining moments...
Cons: Relies ENTIRELY on shock value...
Saw Fight Club. LOVED IT. Thought to myself, man if this Chuck Palahniuk fellow's book turned into a movie this entertaining I need to check out what else he has to offer. A friend of mine recommended that I try a book by Mr. ...
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by bedaulta , Nov 17 '03
Pros: Dark humor is enjoyable, just not in this book...
Cons: Each page seemed heavier and heavier...
I would like to preface this review by stating that Chuck Palahniuk is the genius who fathered the film I hold true as my personal bible. Fight Club was the most thought provoking film I have ever seen, and its themes are still to thank for my ...
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by dellincanfield , May 30 '01
Pros: Witty, biting social commentary
Cons: Perhaps a little too similar to the author's other works
In literature today, Chuck Palahniuk is the man of the moment. No other new author in recent memory has made such an immediate and important impact. With the controversial "Fight Club" Palahniuk muscled his way into the spotlight and gave his readers...
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by keg226 , Jul 21 '01
Pros: Thought provoking, funny, well-written
Cons: very strange...
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The Mommy, she used to tell him she was sorry. People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe, organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become. With the whole world property-lined and...
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by mermaidcooling , Jun 14 '01
Pros: Absolutely brilliant
Cons: none
The problem with Chuck Palahniuk novels is that they do not lend themselves well to reviews. Reveal too much information, and the fragile twists and turns of the plot are destroyed, robbing the reader of the thrill one receives upon discovering these...
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by yentl22 , Jun 20 '01
Pros: The famous strangeness of Chuck P., a new perceptive into Jesus/resurrection and sexual addition
Cons: Some parts were confusing/boring, SLUGGISH PLOT, non-mind boggling ending
I sincerely like Chuck P. I think he's a realist when it comes to writing, how many times have we known someone who's "like" someone in his books? Haven't we all thought about sex in an airplane bathroom? Because that's written to a T in this book!...
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by sarahvma , Jul 20 '05
Pros: - Interesting concept
Cons: - Bad execution
I have no problem with profanity or sex in a novel. In fact, if the book is about profanity or sex, as this one is to some degree, it can be justified. I just don't need to hear every possible adjective, noun and verb about it. Choke tells the story ...
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by DeadBEAT , Jun 10 '02
Pros: Easy to read, fun, fast paced and enjoyable.
Cons: None
Chuck Palahniuk has done it again.
Choke introduces you to Palahniuk’s latest miscreant (or is he a messiah) Victor Mancini. Victor is Sexaholic, and that may be one of his better traits. Childhood may not have been kind, but it provided...
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by donovandobkins , Aug 09 '01
Pros: Laugh out loud with the perverse humor of Chuck Palahniuk.
Cons: Didn't care for the dust cover. Loved everything about the book.
This is my favorite book by Chuck Palahniuk and one of my all time favorite books, period. I found this to the most satisfying book that I have read in a very long time. Now that I have read all of Mr. Palahniuk’s books to date, I can say that I...
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