Loved this, my next chuck book is...

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OK so I just finished Choke and loved it. The style was great and it was just insane. I loved how out there and incredible this book is. I have now read Haunted, Survivor, Rant, and Choke in that order (read em all during the summer, I spent much of late nights reading rather than stupidly wasting my time watching tv or surfing the web, it felt great doing something). And after reading the last 3 I have to say I now dont like haunted. Im glad i liked it when i read it or I may have never continued reading. Out of the last 3 I dont know which I like the most but I would maybe have to go with Rant, the twist is insane thats all. Im looking into getting another chuck book.

I was thinking Lullaby or Invisible monsters since they sound like the best left. WHat should i go with? Also I really like Dermaphoria by Craig Clevenger which I dont remember who suggested it but it was from one of these forums, maybe the survivor board Im not sure but thank you. So if theres any other books by other writers that somewhat resemble chucks style and/or messages in his books i would gladly consider any of those. So with that please get back to me. I appreciate it



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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

Invisible Monsters, then Contortionist's Handbook by Clevenger. Lullaby was decent, Diary was my least favorite

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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

I think everybody's next Chuck book should be Yeager!

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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

Check out Will Christopher Baer while you are at it, the first in the series is Kiss Me Judas.

Wow is your name really Durden, how appropriate?

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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

Invisible Monsters was horrible but everyone loves it...



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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...
Barca Boy wrote:

Check out Will Christopher Baer while you are at it, the first in the series is Kiss Me Judas.

Wow is your name really Durden, how appropriate?

Hey thanks for the suggestion, I looked into Baer last night and it looked really cool. I'll pick one up. I hear a lot of Ballard mainly concerning the similarities in rant, anyone have thoughts on him?

My name isnt really durden, I just wanted to name my account after a character, and I didnt want to be tender from survivor or anyone from haunted, and I hadnt read rant but I would have been Shot Dunyan since he was a cool character.



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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...
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Invisible Monsters was horrible but everyone loves it...

really invisible monsters was bad? I heard from somebody it was one of chucks best...



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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

I personally didn't care for it, but yes it is one of the top 3 most popular for the list of best Chuck books.

I LOVE BAER's WORK.

PS: Everyone here hates n00b users who name themselves after characters from Chuck's books. There was even a topic here saying that they should all leave. You've only posted 3 times so far so if I were you, I'd change your name to something less Chuckish and get yourself a cool avatar.



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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

I don't think it's so much that people hate them, it's just that when you see someone with a name like that, they never stick around for very long. regardless of if someone makes fun of their name or not.

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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

You likey to read?

Kurt Vonnegut. Maybe read Slaughterhouse Five, first. If not, any book you feel like reading first.



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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

Invisible Monsters, I really like it, every time I read it. Save Snuff for a time when you don't want to contemplate a whole lot of anything...



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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

Choke was different than I thought it would be. It was good, but.. yeah, haha. Not what I expected.



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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

dude! , please read invisible monsters, and yes haunted is probably chuck's worst although still good. lullaby is great, and survivor.

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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

I liked choke the best i think. Survivor was really good too.

I didn't like invisible monsters but i think its just because i couldnt get behind the female lead... lol... i like to envision myself as the main character and thats a little hard.

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Re: Loved this, my next chuck book is...

I didn't like Invisible Monsters either.

And Haunted can be darn good...if you ignore the story and just read the short stories.