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buntatamilis's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Medical content
mlovesbooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Imagine my surprise when I finished another sad book and picked up this one to finish the second half of what I thought was a fun, goofy read.
Patricia Lockwood is so good at making you laugh and cry in the same sentence.
Patricia Lockwood is so good at making you laugh and cry in the same sentence.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Terminal illness
realbooktingz's review
emotional
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
kirkspockreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Reader, I cried.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Gun violence and Abortion
ablasich's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
This book defies description. The nameless faceless character is any one of us and absolutely someone you may know. Definitely a tale told in 2 parts.
I almost put this book down part way through the first half. The jumbled and hectic style didn’t make sense to me. Small nuggets of insight and humor kept me going and I’m glad I did.
I don’t want to give spoilers for the second half but it does get REAL and delivers and emotional gut punch. Check content warnings if you are triggered by topics. By the end, this book will leave you with a confusing mix of awe and sadness.
I almost put this book down part way through the first half. The jumbled and hectic style didn’t make sense to me. Small nuggets of insight and humor kept me going and I’m glad I did.
I don’t want to give spoilers for the second half but it does get REAL and delivers and emotional gut punch. Check content warnings if you are triggered by topics. By the end, this book will leave you with a confusing mix of awe and sadness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Chronic illness
tealord's review against another edition
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Terminal illness
sineaderoo's review against another edition
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
This begins as a funny, cheeky, fragmented wander through online life and turns into something quite different half way through when the reality of real life family tragedy forces our protagonist into offline life in a new way.
Written in a mixture of beautiful poetic prose and meme banality, this made me laugh out loud and cry in public.
The most effective attempt I've read to capture what the endless scroll feels like in a book.
Written in a mixture of beautiful poetic prose and meme banality, this made me laugh out loud and cry in public.
The most effective attempt I've read to capture what the endless scroll feels like in a book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
ovenbird_reads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
This is really two books. Part one and part two are only vaguely related in the sense that part one is life "in the portal" of social media and part 2 is what happens when the full catastrophe--the beauty, grief, unfathomable depths--of life comes to pull you out of the portal to live in true community with the people you love who are facing the impossible.
So much of this felt like genius. Although I was losing my way towards the end of part one. I was gripped again on part 2 where the hard realness of the world asserts itself again.
So much of this felt like genius. Although I was losing my way towards the end of part one. I was gripped again on part 2 where the hard realness of the world asserts itself again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
siancita's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
shxx2's review
challenging
emotional
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death