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poolaariis's review against another edition
I can’t stand the mc and wtf is this crack Idc really, thought it would give sally rooney vibes but no… unfortunate really I was really looking forward to this book
amyjmcd's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism
Moderate: Eating disorder and Body shaming
Minor: Bullying
lillycano's review against another edition
2.0
This book made me want to smash my phone with a hammer lol. “Sometimes it feels like my body will scream if it doesn’t have three separate screens in front of it, not even to watch and enjoy any of them, but to use each one as a distraction from the others, and to drown out any independent thoughts I could have about anything.” I wouldn’t really recommend this book to anyone and I probably would have been okay not reading it. It did make me feel something and that feeling is dread. lol
jodiethompson1's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
engene's review against another edition
2.0
anxiety and depression inducing, dull and honestly kinda pointless like..ok everything sucks im aware of that stop rubbing it in
kschmuckers's review against another edition
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
jacob99's review against another edition
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
marywadesy's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
literarycrushes's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
None of This Is Serious is set during the summer after Sophie and her friends have graduated from university. Born and raised in Dublin, Sophie spends her days rewriting cover letters for jobs she doesn’t want and knows she won’t get, constantly bemoaning the economy and impossible housing market. Living with her parents, she frets she’ll never be able to afford to own her own home and spends a good deal of time wandering around, looking at other people’s houses and guessing at how many spare rooms each contains. She’s uncomfortable in her life, constantly comparing herself to her evil twin sister Hannah, who is much thinner and more popular than Sophie.
She does not so much attend parties’ homes than she does sort of half-exist at a string of them, all while allowing her crush/friend Finn to treat her (and all women) like shit and her best friend Grace to walk all over her. At one of these parties, a purple “crack” opens in the sky and lingers there throughout the duration of the novel. No one, not even climate experts or desperate politicians, can explain what caused the crack or if it poses any danger to humanity. Rather than concern themselves with the crack, Sophie and her friends’ doom scroll social media.
I enjoy books without plots, especially when it comes to 20-something women with ennui, but this one was a bit much even for me. At first, it held promise, and I felt like it could be compared to Worry by Alexandra Tanner or Green Dot by Madeleine Grey (both of which I loved), but it really lost its momentum after about 25%. It leans heavily on texting and social media, but even though it’s only a couple of years old, these references felt dated. It was often chatty, but no one really said anything of substance, and anytime it felt some point was being made, it felt flat and forced. Sophie’s lack of agency – life is something that happens TO or around her – could have been tolerable if it led to some kind of character development, but as it was, at the end I just felt dry.
minimaliterature's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5