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Vacuum in the Dark
- A Novel
- By: Jen Beagin
- Narrated by: Jayme Mattler
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4 out of 5 stars 48
Mona is 26 and cleans houses for a living in Taos, New Mexico. She moved there mostly because of a bad boyfriend - a junkie named Mr. Disgusting, long story - and her efforts to restart her life since haven’t exactly gone as planned. For one thing, she’s got another bad boyfriend. This one she calls Dark, and he happens to be married to one of Mona’s clients. He also might be a little unstable. Dark and his wife aren’t the only complicated clients on Mona’s roster, either.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disgusting!
- By Kindle Customer on 02-27-19
- Vacuum in the Dark
- A Novel
- By: Jen Beagin
- Narrated by: Jayme Mattler
Unnecessary sequel
Reviewed: 02-13-21
I finished “Pretend I’m Dead,” really enjoyed it and immediately bought this sequel. I really struggled to finish this one. I have no aversion to the “grossness” and Jen Beagin has long been recommended to me as similar to writers like Otessa Moshfegh and Miranda July.
The first half was a “50 Shades of Gray” sexual awakening, and the second half was a rambling redemption/healing journey for Mona and neither interested me. It felt like a compilation of the edited fluff and over-explained backstory from the first novel, which ruined how much I liked the first and the character. This is one where I should have listened to the negative reviews.
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