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The Pisces
- Narrated by: Isabella Inchbald
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Profoundly modern, deeply disturbed and darkly comic, The Pisces is about heartbroken PhD student who over one summer falls in dangerous, ecstatic love with a merman.
Lucy, staying in a beautiful home overlooking Venice Beach, can find no peace from her misery - not in therapy, not in Tinder hookups, not in her sister's dog's unquestioning devotion, not in ruminating on the ancient Greeks. Yet everything changes when Lucy becomes entranced by an eerily attractive swimmer one night while sitting alone on the beach rocks....
Pairing neurotic hilarity with pulse-racing carnality and fierce feminism, The Pisces is hot, bothered and unforgettable. Traversing the lines between fantasy and reality, it explores the questions of how and why we stay alive. This fairy-tale romance with a merman could just be the sanest and most human novel you listen to all year.
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- L.J
- 27-08-19
Funny and insightful in an eerie fascinating way
Maybe a bit disturbing at times and with more graphic sex than is needed, but still the best read of my summer.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-23
Either love it or hate it
Someone said that you either love or hate this book. But for me, it really worked. It’s a short book with a little going on at times, but it was an enjoyable read and I really liked the ending.
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- Tamarah Washburn
- 09-10-20
Not too sure...
This book was...interesting. In chapter 12 the dialogue is tedious as there was a repetition of two words to move the conversation along, said and asked. Maybe it wouldn't have gotten on my nerves too much if I had read the book, rather than listened to it. There are more descriptive words to use in the English language than repeating said and asked after every other snippet of dialogue.
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- Lisa C
- 18-05-23
Really didn’t get this book until the last few chapters
Touches on feminism, erotica, modern dating and mental health with some references to classics, Once I made the connection to historical Siren stories it made much more sense, tries to be a male siren tale, yet I felt too many themes and plots meant the book is confusing as the language is too modern particularly the erotica
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- Julesy
- 10-07-18
Disappointing
I struggled with the protagonist as I found her irresponsible and completely self absorbed. Her lack of care for the animal in her charge was disturbing. I felt more for the dog than I did for her.
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- Lydia Kelly
- 15-05-19
just bad
really didn't enjoy this. strange mix of graphic sex and internal stream of consciousness thoughts, magical realism and Greek myth metaphors.
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- p.m.
- 17-03-19
unusual book
an unusual book which I didn't particularly like as the protagonist is unlikeable, coarse, cynical and tragic. however it does shed light on the dependency of women on men and how incredibly insecure they are. the story arc with Theo is clever , though in itself really weird
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- Amber
- 12-02-23
Not for me
I’d been meaning to read this for ages and thought it would be right up my street, but I really didn’t get much out of it (disclaimer: I did not finish the last few chapters!!). Found it difficult to get through - a mix of cringe and embarrassment for the main character and exasperation at what the story was trying to get at? Some of the insights about depression were relatable but otherwise I don’t have much to recommend …
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