Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

129 reviews

annchmn's profile picture

annchmn's review against another edition

3.75
informative reflective medium-paced
Expand filter menu Content Warnings
dizzyindecision's profile picture

dizzyindecision's review against another edition

1.5
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

beca_reads's review against another edition

4.25
informative reflective medium-paced
I had been meaning to read this for a while and was not disappointed. Each essay was unique and gave an interesting outlook on how as humans we are completely delusional to our own behaviour. For me my favourite essay was "Always be optimising" which dived into the issues of the sport community, specifically workout classes. The book also focused mainly on women's point of view, but there is no reason to say that men can not get just as much out of this book. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

jeannebooks's review against another edition

4.0
challenging funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Thought it was a bit slow at times, but overall really enjoyed it
Expand filter menu Content Warnings
orlagal's profile picture

orlagal's review against another edition

3.5
challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced
Expand filter menu Content Warnings
librarysoflyss's profile picture

librarysoflyss's review against another edition

4.5
reflective medium-paced
Expand filter menu Content Warnings
its_trudy's profile picture

its_trudy's review against another edition

4.0
challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

arree's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced
Expand filter menu Content Warnings
literaryanya's profile picture

literaryanya's review against another edition

3.25
reflective medium-paced
Expand filter menu Content Warnings
nevernat's profile picture

nevernat's review against another edition

4.0
challenging inspiring reflective
this book was not at all what I expected. when I first picked it up, I didn't know much about it other than the topic of the first essay, "The I in Internet" (which is the main reason I wanted to read the book in the first place; I had been looking for books about social media and internet culture and thought the entire book was going to be exactly like that first essay in terms of subject matter, which it isn't, in case you're wondering; though social media culture is a major theme, it's not all that Trick Mirror is about) and assumed that all, or at least most, nonfiction was dry and uninteresting and that I was going to end up returning my copy back to the library within an hour of reading.

that, as you can tell by my four star rating, was not the case at all, and I have to say, I think Trick Mirror might be one of my favorite books that I've read this year. though I didn't "get" and/or didn't particularly enjoy reading every individual essay ("Ecstasy" was my favorite, half due to the beautiful writing and half due to the fact I understood it the most), there was just something about the experience of reading the collection as a whole. Jia Tolentino's voice is witty and refreshing and kept me hooked, even when I didn't necessarily understand what she was saying (as much as I loved it, her writing felt very challenging to comprehend at times). these essays have opened my eyes to the beauty of a genre I've disregarded my entire life, and I'm so excited to read—and learn to write—more nonfiction like this in the future.

anyways, I hope to come back to this book someday, at a time in my life where I'm able to really digest the contents of every single essay, but for now, I'm content with where it's taken me. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings