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How Do You Like Me Now?
by Holly Bourne
I scroll past all the inevitables. Scroll scroll scroll. Judge judge judge. Feel empty feel empty feel empty.
I'm very split down the middle about this one.
On the one hand, it is very, very good. The book is blatantly honest about what it feels like to be a 30-something in this precise day and age.
It really captures the stress of social media, the constant need for external validation and the obsessive scrolling and liking and status checking. It captures, too, the dynamic between women and the social expectations that are placed upon them, from having a correct facial routine in the mornings to having children, plus everything in between.
For all these reasons I find this book extremely relevant for today, and would recommend reading for these reasons alone.
However. There was the huge problem, for me, of excessive cursing throughout whole thing, plus some very graphic, very explicit scenes. I know this is a matter of taste, and that these things might appeal to other readers, who may see them as more proof of the book's authenticity and honesty. For me they were unnecessary and excessive, and very much lessened my enjoyment of the story.
All that being said, it's a good book, very relevant, and a good mirror to our society.
I'm very split down the middle about this one.
On the one hand, it is very, very good. The book is blatantly honest about what it feels like to be a 30-something in this precise day and age.
It really captures the stress of social media, the constant need for external validation and the obsessive scrolling and liking and status checking. It captures, too, the dynamic between women and the social expectations that are placed upon them, from having a correct facial routine in the mornings to having children, plus everything in between.
For all these reasons I find this book extremely relevant for today, and would recommend reading for these reasons alone.
However. There was the huge problem, for me, of excessive cursing throughout whole thing, plus some very graphic, very explicit scenes. I know this is a matter of taste, and that these things might appeal to other readers, who may see them as more proof of the book's authenticity and honesty. For me they were unnecessary and excessive, and very much lessened my enjoyment of the story.
All that being said, it's a good book, very relevant, and a good mirror to our society.