A review by mulebeatsdrums
James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media by James Acaster

Did not finish book. Stopped at 45%.

Acaster's previous book Per ect Sound Whatever was advertised with the argument  "2016 was the best year or music ever" but went on to provide a brutally honest account of an emotional mental crisis. I foolishly assumed that this would be a similarly honest account of leaving social media with some darkly comic anecdotes sprinkled throughout. Instead, this book is a completely fictionalised obscurist yarn that is so mundane that it feels like a shaggy dog story with a punchline that never comes.

I'm sure there is an audience for this bizarre alternative history, but I'm not it. I'm bitterly disappointed not to finish it too, because I've thoroughly enjoyed Acaster's other books. In fact, I think I'm going to read Perfect Sound Whatever again.