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angela_king's review against another edition
Made me anxious!! The protagonist was so passive.
jmcook's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
killahcam's review
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
bbri's review against another edition
What the fuck!! Everyone in the reviews is like haha this is so freaky and weird but fun 🤪 spoiler what they actually mean is multiple characters including the narrator protagonist are pedophiles
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia
jendilemma's review
4.0
This book is so weird, so uncomfortable and off-putting in many ways, and still somehow so compelling. Describing it accurately feels impossible to do. I had strange dreams every night after reading it.
elmo_isnotmyname's review
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
1.5
I wanted to like this but I didn't. I like all its 'weirdness', still I couldn't make out what July is trying to say overall. (Also I'm appaled by the protagonist's heterosexual desire for Philipp. But that's on me, not the book, I guess.)
bsolarz's review
4.0
I think Lena Dunham put it best when she said that Miranda July was perverting norms...
This book was funny and so very weird and made me question where it was going so many times but I ended up loving it. I honestly couldn't tell if Miranda July was taking the piss or it was actually a really intelligent book that had deeper meaning... eventually I just let it all go and just read it. I'm so glad I did instead of trying to analyse what everything meant as I was able to take the book just as it was.
If I recommended this book to people, they might think of me as highly eccentric/odd but I recommend it to anyone who isn't easily offended.
This book was funny and so very weird and made me question where it was going so many times but I ended up loving it. I honestly couldn't tell if Miranda July was taking the piss or it was actually a really intelligent book that had deeper meaning... eventually I just let it all go and just read it. I'm so glad I did instead of trying to analyse what everything meant as I was able to take the book just as it was.
If I recommended this book to people, they might think of me as highly eccentric/odd but I recommend it to anyone who isn't easily offended.
ingeborg_frey's review against another edition
Sometimes predictable and quite stupid, sometimes funny in a sad way. Several times it made me laugh out loud on the train. I do love the title, though. Might re-read.