Greta liked knowing people's secrets. That wasn't a problem. Until she met Big Swiss. Big Swiss. That's Greta's nickname for her - she is tall, and she is from Switzerland. Greta can see her dressed top to toe in white, that adorable gap between her two front teeth, her penetrating blue eyes. She's a including the heads of infants and dogs. Well that's how Greta imagines seeing her; they haven't actually ever met in person. Nor has Greta actually ever been to Switzerland. Greta and Big Swiss are not in the same room, or even the same building. Greta is miles away, sitting at a desk in her own house, wearing only headphones, fingerless gloves, a kimono, and legwarmers, transcribing this disembodied voice. What Greta doesn't know is that she's about to bump into Big Swiss in the local dog park. A new - and not entirely honest - relationship is going to be born. A relationship that will transform both of their lives.
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4.5/5
i loved this! this was the first book i’ve ever read that actually had me laughing out loud. i also loved how it hit a serious tone at the end and wrapped the story up all nicely :)
03.5 not 3. I don't even know where to begin, wierd, random, funny, strange. I liked how the power dynamic between Greata and Big Swiss played out during the novel and had a lot of fun imagining Jodie Comer in the HBO series set to come out. Also the sex scenes were oddly clinical and humourous at the same time.
0Conspiracy theory: this book was quietly sponsored by the people of Hudson, NY to portray the town as extremely strange and snobbish in order to discourage people from wanting to visit or move there.
The blurb intrigued me but I had no clue what I was getting into, style-wise. This was entertaining at times but too absurd for my liking. The characters and their actions all felt incredibly far afield from plausible reality. I disliked everyone :)
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