A review by ginger_curmudgeon
Closer by Dennis Cooper

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

When I read “The Sluts”, I learned that the novel was similar to Cooper’s George Miles Cycle so of course I had to read them.

“Closer” is the first book of five. Cooper’s writing is much rougher here, but it was written 14 years sooner. 

One of the biggest differences is style. “The Sluts” tells the story through message boards, online reviews and emails. “Closer” tells the story as it happens. There’s still a question of narrator reliability in “Closer”, but not as much. 

I went into this expecting to be unable to put it down like with “The Sluts” and that wasn’t the case. I still enjoyed it, but maybe not as much. I’m hoping the rest of the books capture my attention better.