A review by missfine
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced
  • 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

3.5

I had heard about this book from film twitter because Jodie Comer is supposed to be in the onscreen adaptation and I love her down… I had no idea what I was really getting into minus the watered down premise of the plot. Whenever there is a wlw age gap story you expect the love interest to be the older woman, but it was flipped to my surprise!!!! Added an extra element that I was not expecting. Greta (main character) is very problematic and borderline criminal especially that one thing she said … Greta’s relationship with Big Swiss is trivial. Her basically not gaf about HIPAA laws to pursue this lady sent me bad bc that is literally just so terrible and unethical 😭 like pls… the author was so intentional in describing both of their personalities and almost portrayed them both as a study of just human behavior imo. Their slow burn was intriguing especially when it all finally exploded. The way these characters behave, you’d think their ages were flipped. But I’ve learned in life that with age doesn’t promise maturity or anything else age is supposed to come with. Will probably read again at some point. The main critic is how slow and overly worded parts of the book was. There were several moments I thought can we wrap it up…. 😭 that’s just my personal preference though, some stories may require over explaining- but I thought this author exceeded the amount of times that should’ve happened. Very interesting and original plot, looking forward to watching the onscreen adapt with Jodie <3
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