—GQ
"Palahniuk’s work has resonated with a new generation of readers, many of whom are young and rough and who, until they read Chuck Palahniuk, thought books were about other people. But through his clean, scalding narratives, he has made literature about them . . . [and] helps them see how beautiful and funny it all really is."
—Poets & Writers
"In Choke, Palahniuk manages to tweak contemporary life just enough to tip the scale into satire while leaving enough truth in the text that we can also see ourselves and our friends floating just beneath the manic surface."
—Paper
"Utterly believable and simultaneously absurd."
—Booklist
"Palahniuk is a cheerful nihilist with a mordant wit and a taste for scatological humor."
—Kirkus Reviews
"[Choke] showcases the author’s powers of description, character development and attention-getting dialogue handily enough to give this dark meditation on addiction a distinctive and humorous twist."
—Publishers Weekly
"In the course of his three novels, Palahniuk has become a master of depicting the dark and depraved underbelly of our society through the voices of mordantly existential protagonists. Choke is no exception."
—Library Journal, starred review
"[Palahniuk’s] subversive riffs conjure a kind of jump-cut cinema of the diseased imagination, resulting in an outlandish allegory that is as brutally hilarious as it is relentlessly bleak . . . [Choke] functions like a companion novel to the notorious Fight Club."
—Book Magazine