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A review by tanzreads
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
This book was awful. I could not wait for it to end. I wish I could get the hours of my life back. This book fits in exactly with the Otessa Mosfegh books it is widely compared to: empty of thought, over the top edginess, and obsessed with disgusting shock value. Painfully unfunny, too. It's not even that the comedy didn't land for me, more than it was that I could never figure out what was supposed to be funny at all.
It desperately wanted to have some wider commentary on trauma in fiction, but mostly felt like a bunch of bumbling nonsense. The book neither took a stand, nor asked enough questions to make me consider my own stance. It's obviously why this book was so well loved by critics - it's great fodder for pretending you're deep and interesting.
It desperately wanted to have some wider commentary on trauma in fiction, but mostly felt like a bunch of bumbling nonsense. The book neither took a stand, nor asked enough questions to make me consider my own stance. It's obviously why this book was so well loved by critics - it's great fodder for pretending you're deep and interesting.