- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; New Impression edition (25 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140031219
- ISBN-13: 978-0140031218
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 362,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Remains fresh and disturbing in an entirely unexpeceted way' Guardian
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Matthew, they thought, was just going through a phase of talking to himself. And, like many parents, they waited for him to get over it, but it started to get worse. Mathew's conversations with himself grew more and more intense - it was like listening to one end of a telephone conversation while someone argued, cajoled and reasoned with another person you couldn't hear. Then Matthew started doing things he couldn't do before, like counting in binary-code mathematics. So he told them about Chocky - the person who lived in his head.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book on the recommendation of my mum, and i thought it was great. It keeps you guessing and wondering through the story, and you feel desparate to jump in and talk to the characters to explain what you know but they don't! I also found myself moved to tears at the end, something i certainly had not expected from this type of book! If you are atall into sci-fi, aliens, space or stange happenings, read this book, you will love it!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is narrated by a farther who finds his eldest son is begining to behave strangely. It begins by asking strange questions and soon Mathew can do things he had never been able to do before. Graually Mathew tells his parents about Chocky who talks in his head and and teaches him new things. However there are people on earth who would rather these things were not learnt by a young boy who might share the secret with everyone. Can Mathew's parents help him through this and protect him, and what is xxxxxxxxxx? I have read this book over and over again and I still find it impossible to put down. It is a wonderful example of Wyndham's ability to place fantastical events into humdrum everyday settings in such a way that you come out of the book seeing your home street as an exciting mysterious place. It also confronts the faer that seems to stalk so many parents: "What do we do if our child isn't "normal"?"
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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Young Matthew Gore is an ordinary suburban boy who begins to hold long conversations with a mysterious presence that no-one else can perceive. His worried parents watch fearfully and try to help the boy, as he begins to produce extraordinary artworks and think in binary. His capacity for physics suddenly becomes boundless and he has knowledge which eminent scientists would find quite amazing. This novel is a record of the ambiguously sexed Chocky's impact on the lives of the Gore family.
Chocky is not a work that fits with our go-faster-stripe marked times. Had it been written today, Chocky could have well been a menacing presence, most likely would have been misconstrued as attempting to conquer the mind of this one child and perhaps next, the world entire. But no, he/she is not a malevolent force, more reminiscent of a petulant, demanding child than remorseless conqueror. And therein, lies this novel's strength, for Chocky is like an innocent taste of yesterday. A reminding flavour of simpler times, somehow ageless like honey; even though it was written quite some years ago and could easily have aged badly. Worth investigating and definitely recommended.
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Chocky
I read this book when I was at school, a young teenager, way back in the sixties.
Reading it now was every bit as enjoyable, and perhaps even more so as being a parent gave me... Read more
Reading it now was every bit as enjoyable, and perhaps even more so as being a parent gave me... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sioux
Typos galore
It's a great story but why all the typos in the kindle edition? Chocky spelt Ghocky, 'pew confidante' instead of 'new confidante' and all too frequent. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. C. Robinson
Great book, Wyndham classic.
chocky is a great book. after reading and loving day of the triffids,i decided to read more wyndham. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bm Weller
Still entertains
"Chocky" is a compact and very readable novel from John Wyndham that tackles a number of subjects really well. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jl Adcock
A wonderful read!
I loved this book enough to read it twice. It is so unique and well written that you can really loose yourself in the world of aliens living amongst us under the cover of being an... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Southampton girl
Ghocky? (Kindle edition)
The rest of the reviews here more than adequately deal with the book as a work of fiction - I have nothing new to add in that respect. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A Big Pile Of Books
Thoughful allegorical Sci-fi- WHO is Chocky?
I caught a radio adaptation of the story on BBCR7 on a Saturday afternoon a few weeks back. I found it very interesting and intriguing, but if the radio adaptation was good the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. N. J. Ryalls
Who is Chocky?
`Chocky' tells the story of Matthew Gore, an average 12 year old boy until the day he begins speaking to `Chocky'. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2010 by Weave
Alien life has never been so down-to-earth
What amuses but also confuses me about John Wyndham is how he can make otherworldliness seem so very English. His books always present the reader with a "cosy catastrophe" i.e. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Rusty
AMAZING BOOK!
A 10/10 read! I was totally trapped in the story. What a great idea for a book. What a fantastic author!
Published on 6 Dec 2009 by Michael David O'Neill
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