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Binge: 60 Stories to Make Your Brain Feel Different by Douglas Coupland

1 review

jasmineehare's review

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

I used to think Douglas Coupland’s books were funny and edgy, but now I just think he’s an asshole. His earlier novels have heart to them, but this just felt like it was banking on shock value. I get that reading these stories is supposed to be like the experience of using the internet - being inundated with constantly shifting tones and information and perspectives. But I go bored after about a third of the book; it felt like I was reading Worst Person Ever, which I couldn’t even finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Body shaming, Car accident, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Pedophilia