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infinitelit's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
3.25
prolocomotives's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
idk how to feel but all i’m gonna say is this is what ottessa moshfegh THINKS she’s doing
jesselandolfi's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Thought it was really good, but oddly struggled through it even though it was fairly short. definitely a fault of my reading ability and not the book - I’d like to take another pass at it at a different time.
Very challenging in the ways it makes you reflect on yourself as well. It’s hard to even write this review because on one hand, I like personally documenting what I thought for my own memory. And at the same time, subconsciously my ego knows that this is a public site, where anyone could view this, and I’d like to be perceived as someone who has good taste and can write a good review.
The book captured the intense feelings of online culture and influencer culture so well it was almost painful at times. Probably why I didn’t love it as much, because it’s putting a big light on the negative impacts of social media and fan behavior I actively engage with and am not ready to sort out. Aside from all of that, it was so fucking funny.
Very challenging in the ways it makes you reflect on yourself as well. It’s hard to even write this review because on one hand, I like personally documenting what I thought for my own memory. And at the same time, subconsciously my ego knows that this is a public site, where anyone could view this, and I’d like to be perceived as someone who has good taste and can write a good review.
The book captured the intense feelings of online culture and influencer culture so well it was almost painful at times. Probably why I didn’t love it as much, because it’s putting a big light on the negative impacts of social media and fan behavior I actively engage with and am not ready to sort out. Aside from all of that, it was so fucking funny.
askingcrowd708's review against another edition
4.0
Książka opowiada o kobiecie, która jest w związku, ale jest zakochana w innym mężczyźnie - który jest chodzącą czerwoną flagą, do tego ten mężczyzna jest uwikłany w jakąś relację z internetową celebrytką na której punkcie ma obsesję nasza bohaterka. Czyta się to świetnie i bardzo szybko, dla mnie przypomina to formę bloga lub wymiany maili z koleżanką. To co mi się spodobało- kobieta jest milenialką, która jest zagubiona, wkurzona, świadoma patologicznej relacji w którą się wplątała, a jednocześnie nie może się z niej wydostać. Każdy z nas zna taką osobę lub może odnaleźć własne cechy (i się nawet zawstydzić) w naszej protagonistce. Jest to typ bohaterki, której do końca się nie lubi, bywa pretensjonalna, histeryczna, i zwyczajnie głupia ale ma swoje celne spostrzeżenia i uwagi. Rozdziały, a właściwie "wpisy" na temat jej sytuacji uczuciowej są przetykane obserwacjami współczesnego świata.
Poruszone jest wiele tematów, chyba najciekawszy to aspekt związków które w dzisiejszych czasach ciężko definitywnie zakończyć z powodu dostępu do social mediów.
Ciekawi mnie jak takie książki się będą starzeć, czy będą potrzebne przypisy, konteksty itp.
Jak ktoś lubi nowoczesną literaturę o wkurzonych i zagubionych kobietach to polecam. Typ książki - no plot just vibes.
(przez całą książkę ma się myśl "kobieto, odpuść sobie, naprawdę starczy, ile można" a potem i tak czyta się dalej)
Poruszone jest wiele tematów, chyba najciekawszy to aspekt związków które w dzisiejszych czasach ciężko definitywnie zakończyć z powodu dostępu do social mediów.
Ciekawi mnie jak takie książki się będą starzeć, czy będą potrzebne przypisy, konteksty itp.
Jak ktoś lubi nowoczesną literaturę o wkurzonych i zagubionych kobietach to polecam. Typ książki - no plot just vibes.
(przez całą książkę ma się myśl "kobieto, odpuść sobie, naprawdę starczy, ile można" a potem i tak czyta się dalej)
soapie33's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Exhilarating, mesmerising read. Obsessive and funny but also insightful and refreshing. Explorers obsessive love, fear, privilege, race and power. Really enjoyed this book.
ckkurata529's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lolocole's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
The most captivating part of this book (fittingly) was its exploration and interrogation of attention. Attention as a commodity, a necessity, a weapon, an aphrodisiac, a tool… especially in the midst of conversations about the attention and social capital our society confers upon celebrity and the #blockout movement, these questions feel taut with political, social, and economic consequences.
The most jarring parts of this book were the small windows into the narrator’s life outside of her incessant thoughts about “the man she wants to be with” and “the woman she’s obsessed with.”
I am so interested in what gets explicitly named in this book (the woman and her child, the dog Mocha, restaurants she visits, the businesses she wants to buy from) vs what remains nameless (herself, her boyfriend, the two characters she can’t (and doesn’t want to) escape from).
A customary collection of quotes to ruminate on:
“We think explaining ourselves or justifying our existence isn’t too heavy a price to pay to gain entry through those gates where liberal artsy white people will tokenize us as a symbol of their ideological process…” (33).
“… I want to destroy the hand that ticks, one comfortable second to the next” (72).
“I will be something to show off owning” (80).
“Where do you attain the confidence and the certainty to impose and expand yourself and your tastes onto four walls of a room and what does it say about you when you can’t do this?” (101).
“All I see is the disinheritance and the bloodshed which runs through the land to have made it a quiet and safe place for her, a place of nourishment and sustenance- a place of abject grief” (117).
“I do not have the patience to sit in the quiet. I want whatever it is to reveal itself to me now” (126).
“I am performing all the time, performing being myself, what is myself, who is me” (150).
The most jarring parts of this book were the small windows into the narrator’s life outside of her incessant thoughts about “the man she wants to be with” and “the woman she’s obsessed with.”
I am so interested in what gets explicitly named in this book (the woman and her child, the dog Mocha, restaurants she visits, the businesses she wants to buy from) vs what remains nameless (herself, her boyfriend, the two characters she can’t (and doesn’t want to) escape from).
A customary collection of quotes to ruminate on:
“We think explaining ourselves or justifying our existence isn’t too heavy a price to pay to gain entry through those gates where liberal artsy white people will tokenize us as a symbol of their ideological process…” (33).
“… I want to destroy the hand that ticks, one comfortable second to the next” (72).
“I will be something to show off owning” (80).
“Where do you attain the confidence and the certainty to impose and expand yourself and your tastes onto four walls of a room and what does it say about you when you can’t do this?” (101).
“All I see is the disinheritance and the bloodshed which runs through the land to have made it a quiet and safe place for her, a place of nourishment and sustenance- a place of abject grief” (117).
“I do not have the patience to sit in the quiet. I want whatever it is to reveal itself to me now” (126).
“I am performing all the time, performing being myself, what is myself, who is me” (150).
imhill's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25