100 Boyfriends is definitely an interesting read. It consists of little vignettes of various hookups and experiences with different "boyfriends," from the perspective of a narrator we don't really have a solid picture of. He might be one person or several people, and it's kind of hard to tell what's going on for a lot of the book, but I kind of like it!

At first, every story feels exciting and shocking-- interesting people and sex and experiences-- but it slowly falls into a more monotonous lull. Everyone in the book is entrenched in hedonism, and at the same time aren't really happy or having a good time at all (or at least the narrator doesn't seem to think so). I felt forced to experience the same numbness that the lack of actual connection and care in all these relationships created, and could really feel the never-stated message that these ironically titled "boyfriends" far from them in the traditional sense, only ever wanting sex, drugs, and a crutch to lean on from the narrator(s?).

It was a very quickly paced book and got a bit hard to read at times because of the sort of dissociative feel it gave me, but I really did enjoy the reading process! It honestly didn't feel super impactful for me, and I think that it could definitely have benefitted from a bit of editing, but I'm still pretty happy with it. If it was a harder read for me, I might not have finished it, but the fast nature of it and the fact that I liked his style made it work for me.

I love Purnell's style and voice, and I'm hoping to read other works of his sometime soon-- maybe a little more put together than this one.