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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
31 reviews
owenwilsonbaby's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this, particularly the essays ‘The I in Internet,’ ‘Ecstasy,’ ‘The Story of a Generation in Seven Scams,’ and ‘We Come From Old Virginia.’ Tolentino’s writing style is sharp and her voice is compelling. She often articulated feelings I’ve had about the internet, for example, with shocking ease and extraordinary understanding, in a way that I never could.
I struggled with one small part at the end of ‘The Cult of the Difficult Woman,’ where I felt there was a less evenly-weighted mixture of grace and criticism directed towards Hillary Clinton - it felt very idolising and a bit uncomfortable to read when the rest of the book was so nuanced, thoughtful and critical.
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Racism, and Rape
phretta98's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Racism
camoo3032's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Sexism
Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence
Minor: Body shaming, Genocide, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, Transphobia, Classism, Slavery, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Infidelity, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, War, and Fire/Fire injury
hello_lovely13's review
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
amyvl93's review against another edition
3.5
Jia Tolentino is a super talented writer, whose work I've read numerous times over the years, and I was excited to finally become the last millennial on earth to pick up this book. Trick Mirror has essays that cover reality TV, scamming, thoughts on weddings and broader internet culture.
Strangely enough as someone who loves a bit of pop culture criticism, Tolentino's essays on pop culture were less engaging for me, perhaps as this collection is a few years old, many of her thoughts have been reflected, shared and adapted elsewhere.
The two essays that were highlights for me were 'Ecstasy' - about Tolentino's relationship with religion and drug use and in particular, 'We Come from Old Virginia' - an essay that looks at the aftermath of the infamous Rolling Stone article about the young woman who claimed she was gang raped, a story that was later found to be false, but Tolentino's sensitive telling of a culture of covering up and/or acceptance of sexual harassment and assault is excellent. It is probably worth reading the collection for those two essays alone - and for the very honest & cringey reflections on Tolentino's brief moment of teenage reality TV stardom.
Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia
aformeracceleratedreader's review
3.5
Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
mengzhenreads's review
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: War and Stalking
gellyreads's review
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Rape, and Sexism
stargirlmolly's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Rape
issyd23's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault