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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Quite funny, but also left me kind of empty. It doesn’t launch quite as brilliantly as My Year of Rest etc even as it very badly and self consciously wants to follow in that vein. Patricia Lockwood did it better tbh. But very enjoyable, breezy read
i loved! the characters + their dynamics were flawed and real. i didn't really love the ending.
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I…. loved this? I’m not sure what that says about me but it made me laugh and roll my eyes and gave me severe anxiety and then shocked me? Kind of iconic actually.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is very much in the vein of what I call “gross woman books” that are mainly indulgent character pieces on women being gross. It is probably the most engaging gross woman book I’ve read, but it is really bad to bring up interesting things but not actually have anything to say about them. The whole thing about the mommy bloggers could have gone somewhere but never really did. This book is basically 300ish pages of Tanner promising that she is going to have something interesting to say at some point and then the book ends.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt