
The Pisces
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Melissa Broder
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By:
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Melissa Broder
Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction
"Bold, virtuosic, addictive, erotic - there is nothing like The Pisces. I have no idea how Broder does it, but I loved every dark and sublime page of it." (Stephanie Danler, author of Sweetbitter)
Lucy has been writing her dissertation on Sappho for nine years when she and her boyfriend break up in a dramatic flameout. After she bottoms out in Phoenix, her sister in Los Angeles insists Lucy dog-sit for the summer. Annika's home is a gorgeous glass cube on Venice Beach, but Lucy can find little relief from her anxiety - not in the Greek chorus of women in her love addiction therapy group, not in her frequent Tinder excursions, not even in Dominic the foxhound's easy affection.
Everything changes when Lucy becomes entranced by an eerily attractive swimmer while sitting alone on the beach rocks one night. But when Lucy learns the truth about his identity, their relationship, and Lucy’s understanding of what love should look like, take a very unexpected turn. A masterful blend of vivid realism and giddy fantasy, pairing hilarious frankness with pulse-racing eroticism, The Pisces is a story about falling in obsessive love with a merman: a figure of Sirenic fantasy whose very existence pushes Lucy to question everything she thought she knew about love, lust, and meaning in the one life we have.
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Hooked at first, then drifted off
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Almost all of these characters are fundamentally broken; they’re selfish and self-destructive, but blame everyone else. I’ve read stories where the protagonists were not good people, even villainous at times, but they had something appealing or relatable about them. I actively hate this protagonist and didn’t think she deserved to actually have what she wanted (if she even knows what that is.)
Even the central “romance” feels very surface level and not nearly as interesting as we’re led to believe.
I haven’t read many books where I actively discourage others from reading it, but I genuinely don’t see anyone getting anything out of this. Maybe reading with friends to tear it apart could be fun.
Awful People Making Awful Choices
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WORST PERFORMANCE BY THE AUTHOR READING IT
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If an animal lover, beware!
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So many cringe moments - but worth the struggle
Woman has relations with Fish
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A hidden gem
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it grew on me
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Just not my thing but I am still glad I read it.
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Just horrific narration and a bad story
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potential
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