In at the Deep End

A book that will probably divide opinions, mine too. I wasn't a great fan of the beginning, other people (on Pigeonhole) found it hilarious, but I just feel vaguely depressed and too old for descriptions of bad sex and taking drugs and getting wasted. It did pick up though, I thought the first person narrative of coming out and entering into a relationship with a polyamorous controlling lesbian were very convincing, you can definetly see how a controlling relationship can happen to someone and the excuses that you can make for their behaviour. Plus I liked the little streams of story running through like her correspondence with a war veteran, joining a lgtbq jive class and her relationships with her friends and family. I also found the second half funnier, it was as if once the writer had calmed down and got into the writing, the funny parts shone through without there needing to be a ‘look, hilarious straight dissapointing sex!' ‘getting wasted in a toilet' label all over it!