Review: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Blurb from Goodreads:

Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house, built in 1737, is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss, since she’s tall, stoic, and originally from Switzerland. Greta is fascinated by Big Swiss’s refreshing attitude toward trauma. They both have dark histories, but Big Swiss chooses to remain unattached to her suffering while Greta continues to be tortured by her past.

One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss’s voice at the dog park. In a panic, she introduces herself with a fake name and they quickly become enmeshed. Although Big Swiss is unaware of Greta’s true identity, Greta has never been more herself with anyone. Her attraction to Big Swiss overrides her guilt, and she’ll do anything to sustain the relationship…

Bold, outlandish, and filled with irresistible characters, Big Swiss is both a love story and also a deft examination of infidelity, mental health, sexual stereotypes, and more—from an amazingly talented, one-of-a-kind voice in contemporary fiction.

This book is incredible -- it was hard to put down and so well written.  I fell into the lives of Greta and Big Swiss immediately, wholeheartedly and didn't want to let go. I laughed although this was a bit darker than I expected but it fit with the story and the characters.  I definitely recommend this book and this author if you like literary fiction and beautiful writing. I know I will re-read this book.

Big Swiss comes out next week on February 7, 2023, you can purchase HERE!  This book is SO good!!

I spent a lot of time alone, but I was rarely lonely because I like my own brain.