Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin

Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND CULT FAVORITE

Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, NBC News, Lit Hub, theSkimm, Cond Nast Traveler, Town & Country, and more

"One of the funniest books of the last few years" (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist's transcriptionist and her affair with one of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982153091
• ISBN13: 9781982153090
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

4 stars

BIG SWISS by Jen Beagin This was bananas! Greta is MESSY AF. Ethics? Where!? Professionalism? Don’t know her. Greta listens in and transcribes therapy sessions thus learning all the sordid details and gossip about the residents in her town. (I mean, that *would* be kinda fun for a minute…) This book was all over the place in the best way. Unlikeable characters galore! The therapist, Bruce(Ohm), was a total hack, but I pictured him as Stanley Tucci so I also kinda loved him? While the story is funny there’s an underlying sense of grief. It also tackles themes of infatuation, infidelity, mental health and healing in an unexpected way. There was a lot of lead up to what happened to Greta as a child. After the reveal it wasn’t explored any further - ugh, I wanted to know more! Overall, it’s dark and hilariously unhinged. It’s witty and weird. I cackled and cringed. Recommend if you don’t mind problematic, unreliable characters. Just be mindful of the trigger warnings. Rating: 4/5 ⭐️