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In at the Deep End

By: Kate Davies
Narrated by: Lucy Briggs-Owen
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Summary

Winner of the Polari Book Prize 2020

Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2019

Until recently, Julia hadn’t had sex in three years.

But now:

  • a one-night stand is accusing her of breaking his penis;
  • a sexually confident lesbian is making eyes at her over confrontational modern art;
  • and she’s wondering whether trimming her pubes makes her a bad feminist.

Julia’s about to learn that she’s been looking for love - and satisfaction - in all the wrong places....

Frank, filthy and very, very funny, In at the Deep End is a brilliant debut from a major new talent.

#ImInAtTheDeepEnd

©2019 Kate Davies (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers
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  • Categories: LGBTQ+

Critic reviews

"Frank, funny and fabulously filthy, but also tender and moving. Every woman should own a copy of this book." (Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said)

"Brilliant! The best thing I’ve read in ages. I can’t remember the last time a book made me laugh so hard, while also making me think about life, relationships and what makes us who we are." (Gill Sims, author of Why Mummy Drinks)

"Utterly original, hilarious." (Francesca Simon, The Times)

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Incredible!

couldn't stop listening! Absolutely fantastic from start to finish, funny, awkward and uplifting and sad and brilliant

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Bloody brilliant!

The writing and performance of this story are excellent - we laughed aloud with recognition and gasped open jawed on many occasions throughout.

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Very Very Good

Great story very well written. Exceptional narrator who with a variety of accents really brought the story alive.

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Great Book

I absolutely loved it, couldn’t put it down! It was frank, funny and heart breaking

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Funniest book I have read

I loved this book and will be recommending it to all of my friends. It is hilarious, emotional, sexy and so very relatable. I felt like it was describing my life and relationships for the first half. It is very detailed and therefore maybe not suitable if you are easily offended by sex but at the same time it is a very honest and true depiction of relationships and sex. For me I felt it is the Frist time I have had such a connection with a character. I am so sad it is over and I can't wait for any other books from this author. Also the narration was perfect. The accents were amazing and the narrator really added to the experience of this book for me. Definitely five stars!!

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Brilliantly narrated

This book was very funny, very very raunchy, possibly slightly relentlessly so but so well done a as bd it was fitting to the story, and absolutely brilliantly narrated.

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Weird.

The detailed description of lesbian sex & sex parties, visit in the SM club... I was not prepared for this, as I bought the audible "Deal of the day'. But, despite that, the story is catching, couldn't put it down; it is really funny.

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surprisingly unrude for a rude booo

I have no problem with bad language or discussions of a sexual nature at all so none of that worried me :) it was actually the reviews that were down on the frequent mentions of fisting that partly sold it to me(I quite enjoy an offensive read tbh, like the pisces - I got that book because a review was dissapointed it wasn't a whimsical story about merman love - that was enough to sell it to me because I was worried it would be whimsical and therefore annoy me). anyway😁 this story is also not particularly whimsical although the very very 'aint London cool' undertine of it felt a bit annoying, I don't run about London at night alone or drunk because about everyone I know who lovesy there had been mugged at least once on their way home.

back to the story, thought it was a good story and also quite upsetting to listen to because of the characters relationship troubles and the complexity of the main two. i felt increasingly annoyed by how they tried to negotiate it (or didn't ) because it reminded me of shitty relationship stuff in my 20s where I had been manipulated into things I didn't like "in the name of love".

ok there is a lot of sex talk, the strangest thing was that although the book was technically very rude or maybe even graphic it was somehow at the same time not rude at all. I appreciate that all of this section makes me sound like a perv, but I mean that although there was a lot in it about people having sex it wasn't romantic nor titillating or anything like that which surprised me (again I don't necessarily want that in a book but don't mind it 😉) it was more like a documentary or hmmm a smear test? technically someone penetrating you is rude but in that scenario it is really not, this book felt like that to me, perhaps because the relationship was not nice so everything around it felt not nice too?

I think it was worth a listen but overall amounted to some relationships are shite and you might not realise right away but better that you do and find someone lovelt! :) so a useful message I guess and lots of fisting, which I think would not be practical for everyday life especially if you bruise easy 😂 would have enjoyed more of a sense of overall love in the story but the friends were nice :)

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Fun read but with a bite

Thoroughly enjoyed this read (the narration was great). The sex scenes felt a bit mucky at times but there was sufficient happening elsewhere for them not to dominate the story. Although, to me, Julia came across as a bit vacuous at times, I did care enough about the character to see how her story unfolded.

Reading other reviews, I'm surprised people marked it down for the darker side of the story. I think this gave it all a bit of depth and so I marked it up because of that. Oh and I listened to it all within one day (I listen at 1.65 speed), so that's always a sign of a good read to me.

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sexy and emotional

Amazing narrator with great storytelling and some very (very) sexy and vibrant elements. I can see what all the fuss was about!

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