A review by winter_b
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A funny, dark and slighlty surreal book. I enjoyed it and was compelled to keep reading.

I was reading this as an ebook and had a lot of trouble with the formatting. The transcriptions were formatted in a way where part of it disappeared off the "page". I got frustrated trying to fix it so I put it aside for a while

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Vomit, and Stalking

There are many explicit descriptions of insects and arachnids specifically:

maggots, bees, spiders

they are a motif throughout the book.