A review by horourke
The Pisces by Melissa Broder

3.0

Lucy is such a loser and I oscillated between pitying her and despising her. Her selfishness knows no bounds,

and it culminated in her destroying her one responsibility and the thing her sister loves the most. 

The dichotomy between man/woman she feels with Theo was interesting, as was his existence as a mirror of her own. In him, she saw all of her worst qualities but also a magnetic, erotic pull. Her reluctance to change was incredibly frustrating. At times it seemed she would rather destroy herself than make any effort to actually improve her life. 

Not sure she even learned her lesson at the end, but hopefully she’ll keep going to the Broken Women group and eventually get better. Also the descriptions of sex and bodily fluids were so gross. Broder must’ve taken inspiration from Otessa Moshfegh in that regard.