The Psycho Ex Game: A Novel
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Manufacturer: Villard
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780812969054
ISBN: 0812969057
Label: Villard
Manufacturer: Villard
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2005-07-12
Publisher: Villard
Release Date: 2005-07-12
Studio: Villard
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Lisa Roberty is a successful screenwriter with an impoverished social life who’s enduring a demoralizing job at the mind-numbing sitcom You Go, Girl. Grant Repka is an obscure indie rock musician who, in his forties, finds his career surprisingly resurrected with the success of his comic operetta about the doomed romance of Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson. When Grant and Lisa meet after one of his shows, sparks don’t immediately fly—but e-mail addresses are exchanged. A my-book-for-your-CD trade and a couple of e-mails later, Lisa tells Grant that she enjoys his song “My Psycho Ex,” but warns him that where psycho-exes are concerned, she’s pretty sure she “could drink him under the table.”
Little does she know that this will become the opening salvo in an epic e-mail battle dubbed the Psycho Ex Game, a storytelling competition in which horrific tales of dysfunctional love and living with lunatics are volleyed with glee. The rules are simple; the point system, unique: the experiences that would normally leave someone running for the therapist’s office (humiliation, degradation, and complicity in psychotic behavior) just might win match point in the Psycho Ex Game. Now it’s Grant vs. Lisa as the wretched tales of his ex, the Junkie Queen of Darkness, vie with the woe inflicted by her ex, a tantrum-throwing actor/director widely known as Mr. Summer Box Office Record-Holder.
As the correspondence evolves, it surprises Lisa by offering her the kind of intimacy she has never shared with a man in the same room. Before long, what started as a friendly competition becomes a road map to an unlikely couple’s growing involvement, leaving both Grant and Lisa secretly wondering, “If we were to get involved, which one of us is potentially the next Psycho Ex?”
Written in alternating he said/she said chapters, The Psycho Ex Game is shot through with the acerbic humor of Merrill Markoe and the mordant observations that have made Andy Prieboy a literate voice in rock. The Psycho Ex Game is a hilarious dissection of injuries sustained on the front lines of romance—and the careful nursing that gets us battleready once again.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Summary: It was alright.
Comment: I'm the type that can't part ways with the books I read, so I buy every book I read. That said, I was at the bookstore with my daughter for story time and was a little broke but really was itching to read something. I got the hard cover on clearance for 5 bucks. No wonder it was on clearance. The story was a little flat and not very well written. It was definitely lacking a climax, and even significant things that happened in their lives seemed insignificant due to the way it was written, or maybe it was because the characters were lacking substance. It was a good idea, but the story itself was just ho-hum. The reason for my three stars is simply because I was able to finish it. It's not an excruciating read, I just think they could have done better.
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Summary: Extremely "Hip"
Comment: Stylish and unique. A different view of a love story. I see this becoming a cult classic.
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Summary: Found it on the bargain table...
Comment: And now I know why. It wasn't a horrible book, but it just couldn't keep me interested. I didn't LIKE the characters and I couldn't connect with them in any way. Some of the psycho ex stories were entertaining but most of them were just flat out scary. Maybe I've lived a sheltered life?
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Summary: I just loved it!
Comment: characters were totally lovable and relatable; I have been that girl(and actually the female version of Grant too). The only thing I didn't love was how quickly I finished it!
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Summary: Entertaining Look At a Modern Romance
Comment: One would think that the subjects of love and relationships have been thoroughly explored, given the number of fiction and non-fiction books that have been written about them. But, the topics can still be fertile ground in the hands of a skilled writer (or writers in this instance). Such is the case with The Psycho Ex Game. Markoe and Prieboy do an admirable job of depicting the ups and downs inherent in any romance. They are particularly effective in depicting two aspects: the astonishing manner with which e-mail can build intimacy, and the poignancy that comes from taking one's share of responsibility for a failed relationship. The manner with which they spotlight these aspects elevates The Psycho Ex Game above the standard relationship novel. All in all, The Psycho Ex Game shows there's still a lot of ground yet to cover in describing matters of the heart.
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