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thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
When Greta, a transcriptionist for therapist Om, she becomes engrossed in a client she names, Big Swiss.
When Greta comes across Big Swiss in real life, she hides who she is. At first, she tries to end the friendship before it goes too far, but the more she transcribes Big Swiss's sessions, the more Greta falls until both their worlds fall apart.
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Mental illness
Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, and Stalking
sarahduensing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, Addiction, Rape, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Sexual violence
mraddd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Suicide
Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Rape
Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
jaiari12's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Biphobia, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Homophobia
Minor: Excrement
foxytroxy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Drug use
Minor: Alcohol and Animal cruelty
okiecozyreader's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
I thought the audiobook was fantastic with 5 narrators. Told from the viewpoint of Greta, who lives with her dog and her friend Sabine in a dilapidated farmhouse in the Catskills. She transcribes sessions from a sex coach, Om, and goes to locations where his clients may hang out and tries to recognize them by their initials. She becomes fascinated by one in particular from Switzerland who she nicknames Big Swiss.
I was fascinated by these interesting characters and curious where the story would go. The last chapter was interesting from Om’s POV? But the very ending ????
LGBTQ bi-sexual main characters
Unreliable narrator
Unlikable characters
Trauma and abuse
Suicide
Read with the Bad Bitch Bookclub and a zoom with the author.
“People age horribly - they suffer strokes, their bodies and brains fall apart, but the male ego, fully intact until the bitter end.” Ch 2
“Greta considered her own behavior among red flags. Her habit was not to ignore them so much as to ingest them.” Ch 4
“… human relationships were pure folly, because nothing was ever perfectly mutual. One person always liked or loved the other person a little more than they were liked or loved. And sometimes it was a lot more and sometimes the tables turned and you found yourself on the other side. But it was never, ever equal. And that was pretty much the only thing you could count on in life. This went for relationships between friends, siblings, lovers, spouses, even parents and their children too.” Ch 18
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Suicide
hschlecht's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia
toffishay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Stalking
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Suicide, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Sexism, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Hate crime, Grief, Excrement, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Classism
dogdad1972's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Violence