I loved this book. Such a great first novel, quirky and different. I highly recommend!

I listened to this book, well read by Marisa Calin. Frances is insecure and uses lots of booze and drugs to cope. She gets into debt and needs funds fast but how? Plot line good but too much sex for me. You can make your own judgement.

Thank you to Netgalley and Knopf for providing me with a free copy of this audiobook! I was so eager to read this, the cover is fun and different but most importantly the blurb was alluring. A neurotic main character is definitely my bag, plus this is a queer novel and humour was promised! Sadly I couldn't find any redeeming qualities to the main character, Frances, and while an unlikeable character can sometimes work I don't think many people will be able to see themselves in this one. The constant jumps back in time were tiring also. Highlighting Frances' past did not work for me because I don't think anything she's been through justifies what she's doing to Elaine or even the way she was acting upon first meeting her previous partner. The ending was also underwhelming. Thankfully the narration was very well done by Marisa Calin and there are some funny bits which are the only two things that kept me listening. Was I reading this in paper book form, I doubt that I would have ever finished it. On a brighter note, there is of course room for improvment for the author as this is only her debut. The execution was flawed but there are good ideas there.