This is a really strange book filled with addiction to sex, working at a reenactment museum, and choking on food in order to get money. It is a little depressing watching the lives of Victor and Denny because they seem so lost, especially Victor. He isn't able to keep relationships with women because he has mommy issues, he cons people into giving him money by pretending to choke on food, and he goes to sex addiction meetings to meet women, because there he knows that they will sleep with him without wanting or needing a relationship. However, I really liked this book because it was very interesting. I hadn't read a postmodern novel like this before (unless you count Kurt Vonnegut) and I liked the strangeness of it. It was weird, it was dysfunctional, and it was painful at times, but overall, I really liked Palahniuk's writing style and the story line. So, if readers are looking for something new and a little out there, this is definitely a book for them.