Oct 5, 2026 · 31 min · 10 segments
The Siblings discuss this highly entertaining novel with Reyna a sex worker and creative writing student who was able to lend a really interesting perspective to this book club discussion. They…
One of the biggest things that stuck out to many of us from this book was the point of view and how clever that was.
And Raina, I wanted you, if you wouldn't mind, just expanding upon the point you were making before we started recording.
Yeah.
I really, I thought it was really brilliant how Ruthie Thorpe did that, and I, in only the fifth page, I think Margot says, um, "I'm not gonna w- write something in first person if it's difficult for me, so sometimes I switch into first and third person." And to me, that just, the, it made it more real about Margot being the author, actual author of the book, as opposed to like Ruthie Thorpe and, um-
Yeah
... kind of breaking the fourth wall there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I like that s- that phrasing too.
Um, and I think, um, the other thing that you had mentioned, which I wanted to bring up too, was this idea where you were drawing c- the comparison of the sex work versus, um, the wrestling and how they're, you're blurring the lines of like realism in both of those scenarios.
And Phil, you, you especially had said you really liked that, that that comparison was made, and it was, it would've been very challenging to do with anything else, and it's crazy that this author like pulled out WWE as kind of this parallel.
Um, and it was very cleverly done in, in addition to the, the point of view, and it's kind of like this meta point that's being made, which I thought was, which we all, I think, agree, thought was very interesting.
Yeah.
I was struck by sort of the uniqueness of WWE and sort of how par- like close those parallels were, and whether or not that that's because of how close they are or just how like Ruthie Thorpe actually wrote them to be such good analogs, I'm not sure.
But also sort of the toll that this takes on your, your body and your, your mental sort of state of mind in both professions is, is quite real and, and quite similar.
So I thought that was-
Yeah
... very genius, um, of her to have Jinx be a pro wrestler.
And I also think it made it more, uh, sort of engaging and like relatable, and I don't know what else Jinx could have been besides a sex worker himself to be able to mentor Margot or like help Margot with this besides-
Mm-hmm
... a, a pro wrestler.
So...
Yeah.
Such a just funny, um, relat- like imagining having these conversations with your dad is-
Yeah.
One of the biggest things that stuck out to many of us from this book was the point of view and how clever that was.
And Raina, I wanted you, if you wouldn't mind, just expanding upon the point you were making before we started recording.
Yeah.
I really, I thought it was really brilliant how Ruthie Thorpe did that, and I, in only the fifth page, I think Margot says, um, "I'm not gonna w- write something in first person if it's difficult for me, so sometimes I switch into first and third person." And to me, that just, the, it made it more real about Margot being the author, actual author of the book, as opposed to like Ruthie Thorpe and, um-
Yeah
... kind of breaking the fourth wall there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I like that s- that phrasing too.
Um, and I think, um, the other thing that you had mentioned, which I wanted to bring up too, was this idea where you were drawing c- the comparison of the sex work versus, um, the wrestling and how they're, you're blurring the lines of like realism in both of those scenarios.
And Phil, you, you especially had said you really liked that, that that comparison was made, and it was, it would've been very challenging to do with anything else, and it's crazy that this author like pulled out WWE as kind of this parallel.
Um, and it was very cleverly done in, in addition to the, the point of view, and it's kind of like this meta point that's being made, which I thought was, which we all, I think, agree, thought was very interesting.
Yeah.
I was struck by sort of the uniqueness of WWE and sort of how par- like close those parallels were, and whether or not that that's because of how close they are or just how like Ruthie Thorpe actually wrote them to be such good analogs, I'm not sure.
But also sort of the toll that this takes on your, your body and your, your mental sort of state of mind in both professions is, is quite real and, and quite similar.
So I thought that was-
Yeah
... very genius, um, of her to have Jinx be a pro wrestler.
And I also think it made it more, uh, sort of engaging and like relatable, and I don't know what else Jinx could have been besides a sex worker himself to be able to mentor Margot or like help Margot with this besides-
Mm-hmm
... a, a pro wrestler.
So...
Yeah.
Such a just funny, um, relat- like imagining having these conversations with your dad is-
Yeah.
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