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Sex Criminals
128 pages
A laugh-out-loud, neon-drenched romp that uses a wildly explicit premise as a Trojan horse for a tender story about intimacy and mental health.
What it feels like
Reading this feels like sharing a wildly inappropriate joke with your best friend, only to end up in a deep, late-night conversation about your deepest insecurities. It moves at a brisk, chaotic clip, propelled by fourth-wall-breaking narration and a visual landscape crammed with hilarious, blink-and-you-miss-it background gags. The mood is neon-soaked and relentlessly playful, yet beneath the bawdy exterior lies a surprisingly earnest exploration of adult intimacy, neurodivergence, and the terrifying vulnerability of letting someone see your weirdest self. The dialogue is snappy and irreverent, perfectly balancing the raunchy premise with genuine emotional weight. It is a perfect fit for readers who crave a raucous, sex-positive comedy that isn't afraid to get messy, vulnerable, and profoundly human.
- Mood
- neon-soaked
- chaotic
- intimate
- playful
- Tone
- irreverent
- bawdy
- heartfelt
- self-aware
- hilarious
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- sexual awakening · mental health and neurodivergence · intimacy vs. isolation · late-capitalist absurdity · finding your weirdo
- The writing
- Snappy, fourth-wall-breaking dialogue paired with dense, sight-gag-heavy visual storytelling.
- The arc
- Transitions from a raucous, euphoric romp into a surprisingly tender and messy exploration of long-term intimacy.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love raunchy, sex-positive humor with a gooey, emotionally intelligent center.
Content notes
- explicit sexual content
- nudity
- mental illness
- crude humor
About the book
From publisher's website: Suzie's just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets Jon and it turns out he has the same ability. And sooner or later they get around to using their gifts to do what we'd ALL do: rob a couple banks. A bawdy and brazen sex comedy for comics begins here!
Description from Open Library.
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