A review by dedeisded
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

started off really great. got super excited after the introduction. but just started to feel like a bit of a let down after the first couple of essays. it kind of felt like she would go off on a tangent for awhile before she comes back and makes her point (finally). and most of the time that point would seem mediocre in comparison to the explanations she had to do before hand. overexplains cultural phenomenons that didn’t happen that long ago or that most people have already witnessed without adding a new perspective. 

on a positive note: the “I in Internet” essay was very fun to read and i’ll probably reread it a couple more times. really liked the points she presented and the different theories she explained. “Ecstasy” was another (maybe) favorite. 

a good book that would’ve been great if we cut out a couple of pages. 
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