The book was about addiction and self discovery told with Palahniuk's sense of dark humor, but the film seemed to miss that all together and simply tell it like a story, omitting all the symbolism and themes of the novel. First off, I'm not one of those people who are constantly like "well have you read the book, it's much better" when it comes to a film based on a novel, there's a ton of great films that have been adapted from novels, but this wasn't one of them. One of the major parts of the novel was Denny and the rocks. It starts with one, then hes bringing home two or three at a time, until finally it's out of control, showing how he's just trading one addiction for another. The book ends with Denny, Victor and Cherry building the rock structure, building a new life, not Victor hooking up with Paige on a plane. There was much more that they left out, the significance of their job and the stocks, and other stuff I can't remember off hand, I think I'll read the book again, you should too.
Review of Choke
