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Nov 10, 2016 Steve Sarner rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction, novella

23,546 hand jobs.

That’s from the first page of the book and it is fitting. This little novella will jerk you around. Apologies for the crude analogy but it is literally and figuratively related to the story.

Flynn’s story starts out terrific. Different, authentic, quirky, and wonderfully written. As things progress it gets creepier and better. Very engaging and had me wondering in the middle if I would rate it 4 or 5 stars.

And then it goes off the rails. What a disappointment.

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Nov 15, 2015 Nadine in NY Jones rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, psych-psych-psych

This was really really great! And what a KAPOW first line!!

I didn't stop giving hand jobs because I wasn’t good at it. I stopped giving hand jobs because I was the best at it.

At some point, I absolutely could not set it down, I HAD to find out what happened next, and I was mentally cackling at how awesome and unexpected its twists and turns are. It was great!

And I don't really want to say much more than that, because I think it's best to go into this with no preconceptions.

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May 25, 2018 Christina, Join Me on Storygraph! rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018

Meh.

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Jan 15, 2017 Lindsey rated it liked it

Shelves: 2017-reads

Just okay.

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Jan 25, 2018 Jasmine rated it really liked it

I listened to the audio book version of this and it was just a little over an hour long, and I thought that it was pretty good for being a short story. Very twisty and leaves you very unsure at the end.

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