--- product_id: 147453399 title: "The Pisces: A Novel" brand: "melissa broder" price: "£12.89" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/147453399-the-pisces-a-novel store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Pisces: A Novel **Brand:** melissa broder **Price:** £12.89 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Pisces: A Novel by melissa broder - **How much does it cost?** £12.89 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/147453399-the-pisces-a-novel) ## Best For - melissa broder enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted melissa broder brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Pisces: A Novel ## Images ![The Pisces: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/714d3gQo7zL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 MAGICAL STARS!!! *by E***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2018* "These things never happened but always are."An instant classic. How to describe a story that is smart, incredibly funny, profoundly sad and highly erotic? Oh yes, and there’s a merman, too! I love this author!Honestly, I have been having a hard time letting go of Lucy and Theo. A book that mixes humor and eroticism AND Greek mythology? A THOUSAND YESSES TO THE PISCES!! Lucy is despondent (but still neurotically funny) after a messy break-up with her long-time boyfriend. She leaves Phoenix where she has been working on a dissertation for years, to travel to L.A. to dog-sit for her sister Annika for the summer.Lucy is forced to enter group therapy (which is hilarious and tragic at the same time) and is not really supposed to be dating yet at all. So of course because she has an addictive personality she immediately throws herself into the online dating pool with sometimes disastrous results."I came to know and love into another kind of stranger: a physical manifestation of time and letting oneself go eclipsing both the stranger and the honeybear until they all but disappeared. I felt irate. How dare he not give a f---? What a luxury, the luxury of a man. The luxury of someone who looked at the ravages of time and went,“Eh.”Lucy's sister's house is on the beach and one night Lucy encounters a gorgeous surfer boy named Theo. He only comes out at night when she is sitting on the rocks, looking out into the wild Pacific Ocean."I looked out at the ocean. It was as though I hadn’t noticed it before, or hadn’t wanted to see it. I was scared of its wild ambivalence, so powerful and amorphous, like the depression itself. It didn’t give a f--- about me. It could eat me without even knowing."Lucy may be despondent but she is still funny and sexy and very desirable. It is hard to adequately describe the hilarity and poignancy of Melissa Broder's writing but every single page was a delight. Lucy becomes completely entranced by gorgeous but elusive Theo:"His is chest was hairless, and I noticed that the color of his nipples matched perfectly his lips, like pencil erasers. He looked like he was twenty-one, at most. If this was death then death was hot."Lucy still hooks up with men she meets online but is strangely drawn back to Theo and their deep connection. She eventually comes to accept who he is after several passionate kisses and much conversation. And who he really is doesn't seem so unbelievable after all."Was there any wildness anywhere, or was all of it inhabited by tech dudes now, juice places and blow-dry bars? Had anything been left undiscovered, or did the Internet snatch it all up the moment it existed? Nothing remained untouched. Or maybe some things weren’t completely mapped out yet and there was still a little room for the mystery. Maybe some strange and beautiful boy could still pop out of the sea and surprise you."This book is so funny that I was crying from laughter throughout most of it. Melissa Broder has a magical way with words. I just want to scream from the rooftops for everyone to read this book! Yes it is weird but it is wild and beautiful and life-affirming. And the description of Venice beach life and the L.A. dating scene was hysterically funny and poignant.“I’m back,” he said. “How have the dates been treating you?”“Disgusting,” I said.“Ah, too bad.”“Are you real?” I asked. He laughed. “I suffer like I’m real. I have wants like I’m real. I fear that I will be unliked or unloved. Men, women, I think that maybe everyone wants the same thing.”This book is funny, sexy, magical and very, very real. Even though there is a merman. It is about everyone's quest for love and to be loved. 'The Pisces' is absolutely one of my favorite books and not to be missed!!"I felt the Earth rotating around us, or that we were the planet—spinning on its axis. In my head came a deep buzz of the Earth again and I didn’t know if I was actually humming out loud or if it was all inside me. This is how you exist in the world, I thought. This is how you are alive." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars You will either hate it or love it *by A***C on Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2019* I'm still talking mad ish about this book. This is a type of book in which you are either going to love it or you are going to hate it. You have to have some sort of uncouth sense of humor to just let your bun down and enjoy the tongue-in-cheek scenarios that this book puts our protagonist in.And it will also help if you are cynical about the dating scene and living in the Westside of LA to feel extra connection to this book. (NO lie, this book mentioned about the salon where my friend works and where I got my last haircut. Thought it was cool to take a mental walk with the protagonist on familiar streets.) But I digress...What cracks me up is that in my goodreads friends list and in the book clubs I am part of, several of my friends are into supernatural/fantasy eroticas. I had mentioned it and have often teased them about it. Well, I guess I unknowingly joined their team as this is a merman erotica, not a cynical jab at modern dating involving astrological signs.Before you start, ask your self if you are ready. I already gifted this book to a couple of friends who can get a laugh out of it. ### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars Absurdism, smells, and stuff *by F***L on Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2019* The main character acted like a 10 year old who just learned something new in class. She went on and on about various topics in a very obnoxious way. So much angsty philosophizing. Leave the existentialism in college, lady. Philosophy is only cool if it's something new. I've found that all of these mostly plot-less contemporary novels have a very similar absurdist-type backdrop (cough, Conversations with Friends, cough). It gets old. And I like it when narrators talk about philosophy, but does it always have to be the same stuff? Jeez. Quote some Hegel or something. Anyway, so I was thinking I'll endure her incessant blabbing if there's gonna be some sexy stuff soon. But nah. The "sexy stuff" was almost always also gross at the same time. I'm so not easily grossed out, but lets just say that smells are involved. I draw the line at smells. And there's some other sex stuff that I'm sure at least 3/4 of the population wouldn't be okay with. Other than that though, the book did have some thought provoking points. I actually got through it pretty quickly, so it's not unreadable or anything. I do think you have to be a very particular person to love it though. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/147453399-the-pisces-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/147453399-the-pisces-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*