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A Touch of Jen
- Narrated by: Casey Turner
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
A young couple's toxic Instagram crush spins out of control and unleashes a sinister creature in this twisted, viciously funny, "bananas good" debut. (Carmen Maria Machado)
"Um, holy shit.... This novel will be the most fun you'll have this summer." (Emily Temple, Literary Hub)
Remy and Alicia, a couple of insecure service workers, are not particularly happy together. But they are bound by a shared obsession with Jen, a beautiful former coworker of Remy’s who now seems to be following her bliss as a globe-trotting jewelry designer. In and outside the bedroom, Remy and Alicia's entire relationship revolves around fantasies of Jen, whose every Instagram caption, outfit, and new age mantra they know by heart.
Imagine their confused excitement when they run into Jen, in the flesh, and she invites them on a surfing trip to the Hamptons with her wealthy boyfriend and their group. Once there, Remy and Alicia try (a little too hard) to fit into Jen’s exalted social circle, but violent desire and class resentment bubble beneath the surface of this beachside paradise, threatening to erupt. As small disturbances escalate into outright horror, we find ourselves tumbling with Remy and Alicia into an uncanny alternate reality, one shaped by their most unspeakable, deviant, and intoxicating fantasies. Is this what “self-actualization” looks like?
Part millennial social comedy, part psychedelic horror, and all wildly entertaining, A Touch of Jen is a sly, unflinching examination of the hidden drives that lurk just outside the frame of our carefully curated selves.
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“A Touch of Jen is bananas good. Funny and sharp and surprising and bittersweet. Just [three chef's kiss emojis]." (Carmen Maria Machado)
“Morgan has created a fabulous monster here, legitimately Frankensteined herself a wicked, unflinching, dynamite novel out of razor-sharp dialogue, toxic social media culture, and the nonsense notion that the self is just another brand to be endlessly plumbed for content. Wildly hilarious and absolutely terrifying, A Touch of Jen is truly a touch of genius. I loved every minute of it.” (Kristen Arnett, New York Times best-selling author of Mostly Dead Things)
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- Mike
- 09-03-23
Truly nasty
Nasty characters, nasty ideas, nasty theme and concept. Now that I've finished it, I just feel dirty. I want to take a long bath and forget this book.
There has to be some merit to the concept. I guess you could make an argument that it's "relevant" thematically. But for all its focus on social media and identity, it fails to really capture anything truly insightful about it. It's not a masterful book but it seems to have lofty ambitions.
I guess the worst and best thing about it is that it's kind of trashy and low-brow.
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- tabitha russell
- 23-04-22
really interesting book
I Finished this book in a day. very interesting twists. I really enjoyed this book.
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- Sonya Darby
- 05-06-23
Fascinating!
Really interesting! I loved the twists and turns it had, and i havent been able to stop thinking about it since I finished it. Im always a big fan of awful characters being awful, but the way this author tells this story is really captivating!
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- Anonymous User
- 23-04-24
A surreal surrender to the grotesque
A descent into total madness and destruction set to the backdrop of privilege, misogyny and entitlement
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- nicola
- 15-11-23
The start and end are 2 different stories
Takes a bizarre turn and felt like 2 books in one, mashed together. The first half had great promise however morphed into a confusing SI-FI
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- Amy Rodgers
- 28-08-23
Couldn't wait for it to end
I don't really know why I finished this book. I think I felt that if I gave it enough of a chance, it would get better. The characters are dreadful, very unlikable. Perhaps that was part of the point, but I truly didn't care what happened to them. Every single interaction between characters seemed to be laced with distaste and malice. And the end? Without giving too much away, the story completely took a left turn. It's almost as if the author got bored of their own work, and decided to completely change the story arc. I just want to forget this book.
Also... Jen has no redeeming qualities! I don't get the fascination.
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- sarah mccoole
- 30-11-22
Dreadful
I do not need 15 words to sum up this book, one word, dreadfu afwull
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-24
Not Good
I'm not sure what this book was trying to achieve. It felt like they were just making it up as they went along and adding things in just to make it longer. Not really much positive to say about it.
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