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michellefeif's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
zatulasma's review against another edition
I loved the first essay.
The rest just didn't give
The rest just didn't give
tieganlucy's review against another edition
Listened to it as an audiobook and mostly fell asleep every time I put it on so it feels harsh to give it a rating. Having said that - if I’m falling asleep maybe there’s a reason for that…
leanne_who_reads's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
I don't know what to think or make of this. I found it to be quite a slow read at first but after the first 160 or so pages it began to pick up the pace for me. While I was reading this, in the beginning, I found it hard to grasp much of what the author was saying. To be honest, I felt like I was dumb and that I was not computing any of what she was saying in the first few chapters. It all just went over my head.
There was some stuff about dance, exercise and Lululemon that I can vaguely recall.
I quite enjoyed the parts of the book where she was talking about the sexual assaults that happened in UVA, as well as some of the stuff she had to say about the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Overall this book is about the author's experiences growing up in a religion, leaving her religion, going on a show in her tweens, going into journalism and the Peace Corps after college, not wanting to get married and all of her thoughts about society and how she rejects society's norms, doesn't want to be diminished by society, as well as wanting to be glorified when she wants to.
There was some stuff about dance, exercise and Lululemon that I can vaguely recall.
I quite enjoyed the parts of the book where she was talking about the sexual assaults that happened in UVA, as well as some of the stuff she had to say about the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Overall this book is about the author's experiences growing up in a religion, leaving her religion, going on a show in her tweens, going into journalism and the Peace Corps after college, not wanting to get married and all of her thoughts about society and how she rejects society's norms, doesn't want to be diminished by society, as well as wanting to be glorified when she wants to.
hilary_weckstein's review against another edition
4.0
“the I in Internet” and “I Thee Dread” are my favorites but I enjoyed every essay!
tildahlia's review against another edition
4.0
This book is great. I found the essays examining internet culture the strongest and most engaging. I find most critiques of social media tend to slip into boomer nostalgia that fail to recognise the benefits/connections the internet has created, particularly for marginalised communities. That being said, the internet is the worst and the way she examines how something that was once so liberating and fun has become dreary, corporatised and performative will leave you thinking. Her reflections on capitalism are also good, particularly the simple (but apt) observation that modern capitalism has put us all in the position where it is impossible to life a moral life. I did the audiobook and can recommend, she has a great voice.