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Big Swiss
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4.5 stars
I suspect that this is one of those books that will have people either building a shrine (complete with accompanying vagina sculpture), or wishing for the reinstatement of book burnings.
Fortunately, I fall into the former category.
This book is about a lot of things, but mostly about trauma and accountability.
"If everything can be explained by your trauma, then nothing is really your fault, right?"
It pitches a protagonist who has never even remotely processed her traumatic past against a character who believes that trauma shouldn't influence your life at all.
A very interesting theme, explored in sharp, observant writing.
Big Swiss can be kind of gross in its hyper-specificity, with everything, even the sex scenes, dissected under the stylistic microscope (I have never read such detailed descriptions of genitalia before).
But this obsession with detail is exactly what makes this book so great, like a hyper-realistic nightmare which, upon waking, leaves you shaken and confused about what even is reality.
The language is so witty and hilarious, I genuinely laughed out loud a few times, which doesn't usually happen to me (you are correct in that I am indeed no fun at parties).
So yeah, would highly recommend to anyone who likes their deep examinations of dark themes with a big side of weird.
I suspect that this is one of those books that will have people either building a shrine (complete with accompanying vagina sculpture), or wishing for the reinstatement of book burnings.
Fortunately, I fall into the former category.
This book is about a lot of things, but mostly about trauma and accountability.
"If everything can be explained by your trauma, then nothing is really your fault, right?"
It pitches a protagonist who has never even remotely processed her traumatic past against a character who believes that trauma shouldn't influence your life at all.
A very interesting theme, explored in sharp, observant writing.
Big Swiss can be kind of gross in its hyper-specificity, with everything, even the sex scenes, dissected under the stylistic microscope (I have never read such detailed descriptions of genitalia before).
But this obsession with detail is exactly what makes this book so great, like a hyper-realistic nightmare which, upon waking, leaves you shaken and confused about what even is reality.
The language is so witty and hilarious, I genuinely laughed out loud a few times, which doesn't usually happen to me (you are correct in that I am indeed no fun at parties).
So yeah, would highly recommend to anyone who likes their deep examinations of dark themes with a big side of weird.
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July 19, 2022
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July 19, 2022
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July 4, 2023
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Thank you, Berengaria :) It is a very divisive book.
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Thank you so much, Debbie :) I hope you fall into the shrine-building category, should you decide to read it 💕
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Lol I feel you, Coco, my TBR is never-ending and aver-accumulating. Thank you!
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Thank you, Rowan! Totally 😃