This book was sometimes so out in left field that I was lost. For some reason I could not remember how to pronounce Puchy so I stumbled for a bit into the book. It was a fun read.

I enjoyed the book.

The reader is forewarned about obscene content, of which there is plenty. Being in the mind of the beholder, the level of offense taken will vary from reader to reader. Even if it makes you squirm at first, it eventually loses its stink by virtue (pardon the oxymoron here) of the proportion of content it occupies. The steady stream of it made me think of a middle school boy's desperate attempts to shock adults and sound cool among his peers.

The many, many gross descriptions of Puchy's problem penis were a little too much for me, and the prevalence of scenes described with multiple similes became slightly tiresome.

That said, the author's wry wit and spot-on satire were highly entertaining. As was his gift for comic exaggeration. I'd like to have a beer with this guy.

IDK about this book. I had a really hard time reading it. It seems like some poorly endowed man’s dream. It’s raunchy and gross. It’s like watching a porno. I couldn’t even finish it

Started out crudely bizarre. The humor was forced, the little 'clever' asides trite and the ending no better than the beginning. The author's self promotion, including giving himself a five star rating, pathetic.

I’m sure that the author may have a remarkable book still inside him but I found this one not worth spending my time to read it. If you have read Tolstoy and found him lacking this may be just the book for you. Otherwise reread War and Peace which will be much more rewarding.

I chose this book because I could tell it was going to be very different. And different it was. However, despite the warning posted that the book had some possible sensitive triggers and was the most messed up book ever written, I was sure there would be something of substance to the story. What I found was basically a story of a man born with a gargantuan penis and a lifetime of abuse and debauchery. I saw no purpose for the story other than for Puchy Mushkin to explore his past. There is no redeeming quality to the story—No plot, no character arc, and no reason for the story to have been written. I can't recommend this book.

This book was very very interesting. I think the bljurb warns you that you will find this book horrendous and be appalled/ disgusted by it. Well that is very true. Very interesting read.

This one was too over the top and it is meant to be. Underneath all the 12 yr old dude talk is a solid concept with the tyranny of desire, I liked the idea and it actually made m,e think. Dare I say profound? Big Puchy was its own character. The real Puchy doesn’t have many admirable qualities, and while his train of thought derailed a number of times, there was a track.

I was given a prepub copy of this one in return for my honest review, which I have given. Would I give this book out to my grandma? Nope. But it was thought provoking if you looked for it.

I received a free copy from NetGalley agreeing to give an honest review. If you do not like sexually explicit books don’t read this book but you’ll be missing a great read about Pucky Mushkin detailing his unhappy life even though he was blessed at birth with a humongous member, all you guys not blessed, not to worry, it didn’t turned out to be a blessing. Pucky relates the events in his life which helped him come to the conclusion that his unhappiness was caused by desire and to eliminate his unhappiness he has to eliminate desire. To help us understand his thinking he details his life beginning with his birth continuing with grade school, his first love, high school, and college T2A (read book). In college he meets Shane who after he’s crucified (read book) he joins in LA where he obtains two very unique part time jobs (one I had to Google, it’s real, sort of). It’s at this period in his life that he gives the greatest description I’ve ever read of being in love with someone. The book has 3 or 4 endings, take your pick. It also has wonderful reviews from dead authors. This is a humorous fast read, I plan on buying a copy since my free one will disappear.

My goodness. I've read some awful books in my day, but nothing that compares to this Piece of Stuff. At least the main character is an equal-opportunity offender: he doesn't seem to find a group of people. including ones to which he belongs, whom he can't denigrate and insult. His story betrays a real fixation on scatological experiences. The book is neither funny nor meaningful.

very funny in a juvenile way...not really to my taste but i'm sure others might enjoy it. the language was creative at least

Morty Shallman''s has a sharp tongue and witty method to portray his primary character's different adventures. I loved the huge warning at the beginning of the book to set the stage for all the crazy adventures of Puchy. The book touches on many of the current day taboo topics that make some people uncomfortable but i found them hilarious with the way Puchy's luck seems to go. Definitely worth reading as a way to just stop being and just relax in the crazy world we live in. .

I usually stay away from any book that warns you away because you just can't handle the edge lord content, but something about this one caught my attention.

Slight spoilers ahead.

So in here we have Puchy Mushkin. His claim to fame is his massive wingdinger. He is not a nice person. After trying to sleep with a guy because his boyfriend rented out a place to show his art which upset him, Puchy is crucified by his now ex boyfriend and almost lost his massive wingdinger, but the cops show up just in time. This starts his trying to change? make different? something with his life.

After way too many interactions and deeds, he ends up in a psychiatric hospital, because of course, and at one point hops on a woman he obsessed over while she was brain dead and humped, licked, etc while claiming that he would take care of her.

He spends a couple of years in the hospital and after a penis reduction surgery, was sentenced to go back to law school and ends up back with the guy who tried to crucify him.

The epilogue has him doing something in revenge and of course that is as expected as the rest of it.

I don't know why this had to lean so hard in the over the top rhetoric. This was written well, had a few funny parts, and could have been an out there story had it been told in a way that made sense.

All in all, this was not as horrible as described, was not so edgy that one would run screaming into the night, and had promise.

I would definitely read more by this writer.

Well...I waaaaas looking for something different...
Morty is a Jewish Irvine Welsh perhaps...
Take the warning page seriously and stay away if easily offended...or even not that easily.
All shock value aside it's an okay plot with a love story even...that's just gonna leave you saying...wtf did I just read!?! ...2.5...

Thank you, Netgalley, publisher, and author for the ARC!

I was hoping for the clever edginess of Palahniuk and/or the wittiness of Sedaris. No such luck. I understand (raunchy) humor, sarcasm, cynicism, satire….but this was just obnoxious.

I could not get into this book. As billed, it was rude, crude, and terrible. However, it was not written very well, and I just couldn't get into this book.

WTF did I just read?! I found myself asking that question many times throughout this book. But I still tore through this wild story. I generally don’t like stories that try too hard to be smart. This one is definitely like studying for the SATs but I didn’t find it annoying or off-putting, I just wanted to find out the next most ridiculous thing. Due to the subject matter, I’ll have to be careful with whom I recommend this gem to but I look forward to the opportunities stun my friends.

This book is not going to appeal to everybody. The entire concept is that a boy child is born with a penis so large the delivering doctor thinks he has been born deformed with three legs. Throughout his life, he is controlled by his penis. Not unlike way too many men, by the way.

Nothing about the book is believable, but it was lots of fun to read. It is not for the prude and not for those who take everything literally. The book is funny, but sad if you can relate to the protagonist. His penis is so large that it impresses both men and women, but unfortunately, it is also so large that he can't have normal sexual relations with any woman.

I often found myself laughing and from time to time, feeling rather repulsed by the whole thing. Read it with an open mind and let yourself enjoy the strange fantasy that is this book.

OK. So. Um...The thing is...Uh. This book is kind of like...Pay attention to the trigger warning because every word of it is true.

I'll start with the positive. The Tyranny of Desire is often very funny. Sometimes it is a little overdone. There were passages that made me wish I hadn't eaten dinner before I read them. The scene where a quicky lover poops on Puchy was the first one that made me wish I hadn't eaten a bowl of Cheerios before reading. (Yes, I eat Cheerios for dinner. Don't look at me like that.) Then she puts her poop in an insulted thermos. At that point I had to get some fresh air.

I never thought I'd say this, but there was so much sex on almost every page that I got tired of it, like eating way too much chocolate cake. (Or Cheerios. No wait. No one can eat too many Cheerios.) I also wondered how Puchy ever found a pair of pants that fit. I mean really, he'd have to have a codpiece the size of a parachute.

So , ok, there are disturbing things in The Tyranny of Desire. Some nonconsensual sex. Underage sex. (I mean, way under age.)

The idea of personifying something that is only figural, like personifying Death, goes way back in literature. The idea of Puchy personifying Desire is classic. Despite being based on a classic idea, it's unlikely The Tyranny of Desire will be taught to English majors anytime soon. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm an old fogie and this will go down with the likes of Shakespeare. But probably not.

Thanks to Netgalley and Flying Bed books for allowing me to lose my dinner over The Tyranny of Desire. (Really, don't eat while reading this.)

This book is different from what I normally read, but it sure was fascinating. It's raunchy, it's funny in a dark sort of way, and it's disgusting at times. The Protagonist is a failure in almost every aspect of his life, and when a epiphany hits him, he decides to kill desire, pretty much any desire. When an ex goes crazy, he leaves town, and luckily has an old college buddy who has a job and a place to stay for him to stay. Despite his lack of desire for anything, he finds himself being offered plenty of opportunities, though they don't always work out in his favor in the end. There are hijinks in which he is both the instigator and the victim. There are situations that will make you cringe. I will admit that at times the writing was beyond my intelligence. The character also tended to ramble on a lot. (His inner dialog was a bit wordy, getting to the point.) Throughout all the shenanigans that take place, the one constant is his struggle to fight desire. The book is taken from his POV. Due to the subject matter, this is suitable for mature readers.

*I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley.