Wetlands - Charlotte Roche Reviews

'Wetlands', by German presenter Charlotte Roche, is a courageous and heavily speckled with humour delve into the extremes of the human body and sexuality. Often described as a novel that centres on the taboo, hardly any subject is censored as we follow the story of 18 year old Helen Memel as she recovers from a surprisingly disastrous shaving ...  Read the complete review

Eighteen year old Helen Memel ends up in hospital after her attempt to shave between the cheeks of her buttocks goes wrong and she ends up in the proctology unit having her infected anus operated on. During the course of her hospitalisation Helen has time to reflect on her life, her family and more especially her body. She dreams that her ...  Read the complete review

Wetlands is the funniest book I've read for a long time. Don't read it if you're the tiniest bit shockable but if you want to be shaken out of this sanitised, cushion plumping world you'll love it. This book has been doing the rounds with my girlfriends (one even read Wetlands whilst taking her students on a trip to an art gallery but felt ...  Read the complete review

I chose this book as someone with an interest in erotic fiction and a healthy imagination. Various reviews I had read in respectable publications had me thinking this would be really worthwhile and a big deal. I guess that any publicity is good publicity, as reading through my fellow reviewers' opinions on this page shows my opinion is one shared ...  Read the complete review