The First Bad Man : A Novel (Hardcover)

from ternary

This one is pretty weird. Filled (like, brimming) with difficult, painful, awkward dysfunction. Most of the characters' behavior was so strange (Cheryl's bosses, Cheryl's therapist, Phillip, even Clee for the first third of the book) that I started to imagine them being distorted as our perceptio...

from mimo

I don't know what to make of this story; it was certainly strange and unique. I enjoyed consuming it though.

from SoubhiKiewiet

I've never read anything quite like this. At the beginning I was sure Cheryl was certifiable. Almost should be locked up kind of crazy. By the end she had grown on me, but she definitely still wasn't anywhere near normal.I didn't love this, but it was interesting and different and I didn't hate i...

from bobbieharv

One of the strangest books I've ever read. Almost gave up at the beginning with all the physical abuse, till it metamorphosed into sexual love; almost gave up when the receptionist turned into a therapist until, surreally, she came out with some wise things; but by the end I sort of wished I had ...

from Ireadthereforeiam

I was really only reading this book to completion so that I could say with certainty that I did not like it. But then, I started to like it. It took about 2/3 of the book of not liking it before my opinion changed, and that first 2/3 did do some damage, but I actually ended up liking the main cha...