Choke: A Novel

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He had grown up moving from one foster home to another, as his mother was found to be unfit to raise him. his books all share similar themes, but i find this to be at the top of the list. i think it's tied with haunted as his best work, and i think it's actually a more accomplished book than fight club. it's much richer.

E fin qui si potrebbe forse credere che Choke – Soffocare non mi sia piaciuto, che io sia rimasto deluso. Invece così non è stato. Il punto, secondo me, è che l’America è così. Cominci con una sega e ti ritrovi a fare le orge. Ti fumi una canna e finisci a farti le pere. La nostra è la cultura del “più”: più grande, più bello, più forte, più veloce. La parola d’ordine è: progresso. In America se non hai una dipendenza sempre nuova e migliore di quella di prima sei un fallito. A well written book that is easy to follow and keeps the reader interested. The plot moves along nicely and Sofie Laguna uses conversations and thoughts from Justine, the main character, to provide essential context to the story. It’s a gruelling story that is sad and evokes a great deal of empathy for Justine. Her writing is unique; her descriptions, both of the area Justine lives, and Justine’s life and her internal traumas are outstanding. At the time, he was engaged to a beautiful woman. She was funny and charming and looked just like Vanna White. The two of them had met at work, and my brother knew about the support groups because she went to them. They’d almost gotten married, but he’d heard some rumors about what she did while he was gone on business trips.

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La genitrice ha soli 62 anni, ma giace nel letto di una clinica privata: tra possibile Alzheimer, vuoti di memoria, deliri, e stato fisico simile allo scheletro, non sembra destinata a rialzarsi. Steve la va a trovare, ma non sembra volerla curare e far guarire. Forse la sua vita sarebbe migliore e più leggera se lei togliesse il disturbo. I suoi libri sono pieni di citazioni che vorresti dire ai tuoi figli per aprire loro gli occhi su come funziona il mondo, ma che allo stesso tempo gli farebbero cambiare idea per sempre su di te. Then, each of his characters must have a "thing." A quirk, something unusual that they do, that actually has nothing to do with the story. It's to make these characters seem more unique, but in reality, it just makes them seem Palahnuik-esque. And that's not a real person; it's a caricature.

And then came Lullaby. Talk about putting me to sleep. Nothing was new under that sun. Every quirk, every "unexpected" twist was dry to me. It was an interesting story, but I was no longer interested.

Bill was frantic and his only way out, he told everyone, was to go home and kill her and kill himself. This the fifth book I've read by him and I wasn't the least bit thrilled. I hate it when authors get formulaic. And I hate it even more when it's from an author that I really really like. I can't read Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton, and others because of this. And loved their stories! It's just that I figured them out. I knew what to expect. And what's even worse than that, is that I knew who the characters would be. I knew their mannerisms, their quirks, their motivations.