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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic
fast-paced
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
medium-paced
Wow. Okay.
Reading this hurt my brain so much I had to space it out over the course of 3 days despite being about 150 pages of writing (if I'm being generous).
I'm reading both Caroline and Natalie's books so I can write an essay on the pop culture phenomenon and subsequent books that came after. Thus a more thorough review will be on my free blog here:
https://bboring4me.wordpress.com/
Long story short: Is Caroline a writer? Technically, yes. But is she a writer worth reading? NO.
She gives enough away in her media appearances that the stuff she discussed in her book aren't worth spending money on.
Reading this hurt my brain so much I had to space it out over the course of 3 days despite being about 150 pages of writing (if I'm being generous).
I'm reading both Caroline and Natalie's books so I can write an essay on the pop culture phenomenon and subsequent books that came after. Thus a more thorough review will be on my free blog here:
https://bboring4me.wordpress.com/
Long story short: Is Caroline a writer? Technically, yes. But is she a writer worth reading? NO.
She gives enough away in her media appearances that the stuff she discussed in her book aren't worth spending money on.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, Death of parent
the prose was messy & fun, but too many harry potter references. and yah damn girl there were some things that i’d have kept to myself if i were you, but since im not - I do admire the unflinching honesty here.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
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fast-paced
All of the reviews about scammer that rage about the writing and the genius that is Calloway are spot on. But they miss one important detail: though the writing is beautiful and fun and engaging, it made me FEEL in a way that I rarely experience with reading.
Scammer is a reminder of why I fell in love with Calloway’s writing so many years ago - no matter the emotion, she demands that you feel it.
The minute details interwoven in the passages that seem pointless make reappearances later. She weaves a web with the precision that reminds me of Karin Slaughter, who, I believe, writes some of the most intelligent and seamless psychological thrillers. No detail is pointless.
Reading scammer was not reading about Caroline Calloway - it was reading about myself. And maybe I feel that way because I had the pleasure of watching her life unfold online throughout the years, before she was called a scammer and before snake oil and before only fans, but regardless, with every page, I was Calloway. I laughed, cried, despaired, and so much more with her throughout the entirety of the book. The honesty with which she writes about her life was breathtaking, heart-stopping, soul-crushing, just.. perfect.
As suggested, I finished it in one sitting. And as soon as I was done, I started it again. I have a habit of reading a book quickly for the plot, and then a second time for the details. I couldn’t do that with scammer. I read and reread passages the first time around. I reread sentences. I savored them in my head. I wanted to fly through it because OH MY GOD THE TEAAAA. But even the salacious details of her life could not propel me through this book - the words simply demanded to be heard and the emotions demanded to be felt. I only started reading it again because I wasn’t ready for it to be over.
And maybe I’m just simply a Calloway stan and have been along for the whole thing so maybe this is all bullshit lol. But even if that’s the case, the individual experience I had of this book was worth so much more than the $65 I paid to read it. I am in awe of Calloway.
I am impatiently awaiting the next one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide
Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit