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your_true_shelf's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I think the writing style of this book just wasn't for me. I liked the concept and I found the reflections on the fakeness of social media, racism and class very well done. However the characters are all so unlikeable, there's no character development and the writing style just isn't my cup of tea.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Infidelity
Moderate: Stalking, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Misogyny
feebles640's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Moderate: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Racism
ivulikkivulik's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Partially, this book reminds me of Luster by Raven Leilani. I feel like the books have similar writing styles. However, the plotline of Luster is more enjoyable. However, I still really enjoyed reading I’m a fan.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual content
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I Shouldn't have liked I'm a Fan. Stories about messy millennial women are not normally a big hit with me. And this story is definitely messy as the opening sentence indicates - “I stalk a woman on the internet who is sleeping with the same man as I am. “ The fact that the man in question is married and is open about having no plans to leave his wife for the narrator, who has a live-in boyfriend, only adds to the messiness. But the short sharp chapters and the fierce, unabashed yet perceptive narrative voice made this one a win for me. I especially loved the social critique of racism, classism, sexism, white privilege and more. Zingers like this - “No matter how much some say they respect women, each man, even the ‘good ones’, benefit from women’s low expectations of them as control is exerted via a climate of instability, fear and violence.” The examination of the role we allow social media to play in our lives was also well done and spot on. I liked many of the distinctive, some would say quirky, features of the novel - the way the narrator refers to other characters (“the man I want to be with”, “the woman I’m obsessed with”) and the intriguing chapter titles. I even loved the ending, which I will admit is a polarising one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence and Emotional abuse
alishamegan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
everythingaboutthisissad butalsoastute
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
kirstym25's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Emotional abuse
sushmita_reads's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This was such an exhausting repetitive read. Even though it is first-person, I feel that the character is split into two voices. One is very observant when it comes to classism, racism, social media and neoliberalism and there are some really astute bits of writing. That's 20% of the book at best. However 80%.. is about a desperate creepy abusive woman who says the same thing again and again about her lover and one of his girlfriends. At first it's OK, but I had to force myself to finish this book. It's the same stuff in different words and really tiring to read, story goes nowhere
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
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