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A review by nothingforpomegranted
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
funny
fast-paced
3.75
This book was fun, easy listening with lots of melodrama and also some interesting insights about narration and perspective. In sophomore year in college, Margo finds herself in an affair with her married English professor, and after just a few weeks, she winds up pregnant. Fired from her job and blackmailed by Mark’s mother onto dropping out of school after the birth, Margo is desperate for funds to pay rent and, for the first time in her life, she asks her retired pro wrestler father for financial support. Jinx takes a few weeks to respond, and when he shows up at her front door, it turns out that he’s been in a rehab program and is looking for a roommate and accountability buddy himself. Jinx moves in, cleaning and babysitting and getting to know Margo as an adult. Inspired by a throwaway comment in a conversation, Margo discovers OnlyFans. She starts posting and reserving other successful users, eventually forming a friendship and a social media plan with two other popular users in which she acts out a robot from space engaging in weird Amelia Bedelia antics and sexual scenes.
Honestly, this story is weird. The collaboration between Margo and her father on her sex work career felt bizarre and often uncomfortable. The rest was fun and funny, but I just couldn’t love it.
Honestly, this story is weird. The collaboration between Margo and her father on her sex work career felt bizarre and often uncomfortable. The rest was fun and funny, but I just couldn’t love it.