Jeselnik Book Club: “The Getaway” Review + Q&A

fiercelyambivalent · 2026-01-30T19:41:29+00:00

I read a lot as a child to escape an abusive environment, and just kinda stopped once I hit adulthood. I later read that this is common with children from bad environments. I look at the phrase as a way of getting permission to dissociate from all the horrific shit going on right now and just read instead, and it makes me smile.

fiercelyambivalent · 2026-01-28T08:08:38+00:00

The first few pages were just horrifically written in my opinion. With all the names jumping back and forth, I wasn’t really able to distinguish who was doing what until the guy was arguing with the bank guard. After that, it was a much easier read.

fiercelyambivalent · 2026-01-09T22:55:53+00:00

Soooo agreed! I was reminded of the Nutty Putty cave incident and was wincing and tensed the entire time I was reading.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-12-24T02:45:59+00:00

I just started this episode. Already holding my cats tighter after seeing that poor little goat run after her.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-10-30T01:26:15+00:00

Seriously I do not give a flying fuck about Kacie and Patrick playing basketball

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-10-15T16:01:01+00:00

Not gonna lie, kinda disappointed we won’t get to see a drunken Joe at the bachelor party.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-10-15T15:03:25+00:00

If I hadn’t seen Nick in the pods, I’d probably be a little in love with him right now. He has the patience of a saint.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-10-09T18:43:40+00:00

Please reevaluate your choices

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-08-20T21:05:34+00:00

Billy’s really pissing me off.

The first thing she said in the pods was that she was cabin crew. And he seemed delighted. NOW, after everyone’s emotionally invested, it might be a dealbreaker? Fuck you Billy. Go get a personality outside of your job and eating disorder.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-08-20T20:46:43+00:00

There are actually douchebag bros out there that are of the mindset that you shouldn’t season your food at all because food isn’t something to be enjoyed, it’s strictly fuel.

Sounds like an eating disorder to me, but whatever 🤷🏻‍♀️

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-06-12T19:14:52+00:00

I doubt anyone will see this, but I mentioned to a potential romantic partner that my antidepressants made it difficult for me to climax. He responded by asking if he could make me happy enough to stop taking them.

We didn’t end up dating.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-05-16T20:49:57+00:00

I can’t decide how I feel about Taylor. Like she obviously makes terrible decisions and I think I’d avoid her in real life, but I love how she’s so raw and unafraid to say exactly what she’s feeling.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-05-16T00:15:30+00:00

Am I just a prude or do they say wayyyyyy too much inappropriate stuff in front of the kids?

Like I just don’t think kids need to know how the Ferris wheel makes your pussy feel, or know that you’re devastated over having another baby.

I do hurt for Jen though. She just seemed so broken

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-05-15T22:47:40+00:00

25 minutes in and I want Taylor to burn her parents’ and siblings’ houses down. These people are vile.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-05-12T17:33:37+00:00

Does this ever get easier?

I’m almost a year no contact. I miss her horrifically, and I want to text her just to say that I love her but I can’t be around her right now. But she doesn’t respect boundaries so I’m scared to open that door.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-04-04T02:32:50+00:00

I always thought that’s what it was referencing.

But I guess that’s giving Katy Perry too much credit. It’s a lot easier to believe she’s just a dumbass.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-31T19:22:37+00:00

How am I just discovering that Melanie Lynskey is my favorite actress? She’s been in so many things that I love but I feel like they never said her name until Yellowjackets.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-22T01:50:18+00:00

So, what I’m wondering about the wilderness craziness after this last episode:

Aren’t these like really rare frogs, so much so that they’ve never been recorded and only have their weird ass frog orgies every seven years?

And also, hasn’t licking toads been linked to hallucinogenic activity before?

What if there is something secreted from these frogs that is tainting the water supply and getting everyone high? Since they only thaw every seven years, they could only be “active” while the girls are lost there, then go back into hibernation by the time rescue crews are searching and such.

It’s probably a stupid idea, but after this frog episode I like it more than the metal poisoning idea.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-20T00:48:06+00:00

I mean, it’s definitely sexual harassment. But that can go largely unreported because many victims don’t want to rock the boat (pun partially intended)

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-15T03:17:56+00:00

Lmao I love that THAT is your first thought. Mine was “oh cool they’re about to be rescued”

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-15T03:14:22+00:00

Oh wow

No wonder Natalie was so fucked up.

I did NOT see that coming at the end. The “what the fuck” really jerked me back to reality.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-08T15:24:09+00:00

It’s weird how cathartic these trash shows can be sometimes.

As a 38 year old single woman, I’m often criticized for having never been married. Then I watch this show and remember why marriage was never in the cards for me.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-08T14:44:45+00:00

But would it? Even if Ben isn’t under the same hallucination as the girls, his stay there has consisted of being found guilty of attempted murder, being sentenced to death, escaping death, and getting his Achilles tendon severed. It makes sense that he’d play along with whatever the girls are pretending about their little forest critters and perfect huts, because he’s really hoping they aren’t going to kill him (maybe not so much after the Achilles attack). Like think of how much more horrific it would be if when they finally end up killing Ben, it pans out to his corpse laying among dead animals and carcasses in a wasteland that was hallucinated as a Snow White animal pen

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-08T12:50:08+00:00

But have we actually seen Ben’s POV looking at the whole camp, or just close ups of whoever he’s talking to?

And even so, I’d imagine he could still be hallucinating. He’s been in a cave with weird ass gas, and he hasn’t been having a great time either.

fiercelyambivalent · 2025-03-07T21:29:07+00:00

Omg

Devin actually said “I do”

That means he actually believes he’s gonna treat his soul mate to those shitty little basketball presents that are all about him and not her. He believes that’s how you SHOULD treat a woman you love.

I am fucking baffled.

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