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No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

rrb's review

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3.0

3.5

ceedy's review

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emotional funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

jenny_brum's review

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medium-paced

3.5

I'm not sure what I just read. One half cutting critique of the internet and shallowness of modern life the other half more critique based on what happens when forced to engage??? 

emlr11's review

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reflective

4.5

lilint's review

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slow-paced

2.75

lauralouiser's review against another edition

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4.0

“Can a dog be twins?”⠀
I’m not quite sure what to say about this book. I loved and hated it. I found it hard to comprehend what I was reading most of the time. It just didn’t make sense to me. To be honest I don’t really read a lot of critical literature for that reasons.

Until I got to Part 2. ‘No one is talking about this’ by #patricialockwood is definitely worth a read, just don’t go into it thinking it’s like most fiction. In fact, it could be like you’re ready 2 books at once. The first, a string of conscious thoughts or feelings about what a woman is seeing on social media and how it’s affecting her. The second, about her family and how it adapts and is brought closer by an unexpected situation in her sister’s pregnancy.

If anything, the second part should have been a book all on its own, making people aware of Proteus Syndrome. Fiction or nonfiction, I’d be a fan of that. Not hidden in a story about social media?

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ktszum's review

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5.0

witty, funny, sad, descriptive.
Ate this audiobook up in 1 car ride.

jlfgarris's review

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dark medium-paced

2.5

rtip's review

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4.5

Not like any other book I've read. A collection of free-floating chunks which, like tweets, seem contextless and disconnected, but funny or insightful or poetic. In the first half, this format creates a sprawling sense of the unnamed protagonist. As a twitter user, I recognised a lot of references that would be meaningless to many readers, so understand that being a turn off.

In the second half, a plot begins to disrupt the chunks, and they coalesce into something more structured and narrative. The second half of the book, and especially the way it digresses from the first, and makes little references back to it, is poignant, sweet, and heart-breaking. The shift sounds abrupt, but it really worked beautifully. 

Couldn't recommend this to everyone, but it's a short read and if you're anywhere on the spectrum of "terminally online" you'll get at least a few laughs out of it. Worth checking the main content warnings.

madscientistcat's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0