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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I was certainly blown away by how incredible this book is.
A delightful surprise! I knew nothing about Duchess Greenblatt prior to this and don’t plan to follow her Twitter after this, but the story was well crafted and fun.
emotional
slow-paced
I read this because someone recommended it to me but I never followed Dutchass Goldblatt on Twitter so idk why I felt the need to actually follow through. I felt for the woman at the beginning but then it just seemed like she was using Twitter to avoid basically anything in her real life. Also there was weirdly a lot of talk about how she’s friends with Lyle Lovett. This was so short but it took me ages to finish (partially because I paused to read a holiday book in the middle but mostly because I just wasn’t that interested).
4.25⭐️ Didn’t know Duchess, so glad I got to meet her in this book. So happy Lyle Lovett was in the audiobook too.
I picked this up looking for an easy/mindless read as I conquer some more challenging books and it was definitely that. I'd never heard of Duchess Goldblatt prior to reading this and I don't think that helped. This is mostly a random story of someone's decision to make a fake Twitter account and people loving it and then a hundred messages she has with some famous singer mixed in with some very very vague details about her life that led her to make the account that just brought up more questions. And then sprinkled randomly throughout are a bunch of her tweets which it took me far too many pages to realize that's what they were. There were a few highlight moments of something thought-provoking but that's about it
Read for a book club. Many times I wanted to quit reading this. Having never used or been on Twitter, I could not relate or understand the point to Duchess. Outside of that, I might have enjoyed the concept of Duchess if the author didn't vacillate between taking about how great her brain is and how she has had to deal with the tragedies in her life (so what, everyone has to deal with tragedies).
This book is an absolute clever gem. I found this thru Bookbub and was not a follower of Duchess Goldblatt, but now I am.
A women, who is never identified, is sort of falling part after a divorce. I think she works in publishing. Either way she develops a fictional character as her creative outlet—total anonymity for her own happiness and to do without fear in regards to her divorce and custody issues. Starting it and developing while maintaining her identity she creates a community based in love and wit. Along the way she gains lifelong friends, most not knowing who she is. Except for Lyle Lovett. She develops a lovely friendship with Lyle and his wife April. Between funny/witty phrases the Duchess gives you her true story without disclosing any identifiable information. Being Duchess Goldblatt helps her face her past, find a reason to move forward while helping others along the way. Here is one of the many gems:
If you don’t use autocorrect, it will wither and fall off. It will be forgotten by future generations, much like autodeface and autoabsolve.
She also melted and dismantled person jewellery and asked the jeweller to engrave it with ‘feasting on the carcasses of enemies.’ I nominated the Duchess to fill all fortune cookies with her wit.
A women, who is never identified, is sort of falling part after a divorce. I think she works in publishing. Either way she develops a fictional character as her creative outlet—total anonymity for her own happiness and to do without fear in regards to her divorce and custody issues. Starting it and developing while maintaining her identity she creates a community based in love and wit. Along the way she gains lifelong friends, most not knowing who she is. Except for Lyle Lovett. She develops a lovely friendship with Lyle and his wife April. Between funny/witty phrases the Duchess gives you her true story without disclosing any identifiable information. Being Duchess Goldblatt helps her face her past, find a reason to move forward while helping others along the way. Here is one of the many gems:
If you don’t use autocorrect, it will wither and fall off. It will be forgotten by future generations, much like autodeface and autoabsolve.
She also melted and dismantled person jewellery and asked the jeweller to engrave it with ‘feasting on the carcasses of enemies.’ I nominated the Duchess to fill all fortune cookies with her wit.
I wasn’t acquainted with the Duchess prior to reading the book, but her heart, wit, and generosity were almost enough to make me go back to Twitter. Almost. Probably the best book I’ve read this year.