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A review by logarithms
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
2.0
eugh i bought this as a gift for a friend cause the colour scheme on the cover is nice and im glad my friend thought it was good but me not so much
2/5 for condensed milk slander. the russian federation would like a word with you.
this book was okay and very bingable but the start especially was just painful to read. the only way I can explain it is millennial cringe and just the worst gender dysphoria ive felt while reading. I simply do not vibe w the millennial post-irony sarcasm "self aware" insincerity industrial complex. all the sentences were unnecessarily dense with random information it got extremely annoying
I tabbed "Max was ten minutes late. [..] Being late is a selfish habit adopted by boring people in search of a personality quirk who can't be bothered to take up an instrument." bro WHAT. as the cover review says, its "packed with observations" such as "It struck me that the only event where it's appropriate to talk about the reason you're at the event is a funeral." just blatantly untrue?? like ok?
also how tf did she want to date a guy who tried to justify sexism by saying that women would be too powerful and perfect if they weren't oppressed I....more than just a red flag. uno reverse out of there
stg this book made me wanna never read outside of the lgbt genre ever again I have literally nothing in common with this woman
this line was funny tho: "I very rarely knew what Lola meant when she said 'you know what I mean?', but I found her so entertaining, I never wanted to signal at a platform where her train of thought would stop." so true bestie I love those kinds of ppl
2/5 for condensed milk slander. the russian federation would like a word with you.
this book was okay and very bingable but the start especially was just painful to read. the only way I can explain it is millennial cringe and just the worst gender dysphoria ive felt while reading. I simply do not vibe w the millennial post-irony sarcasm "self aware" insincerity industrial complex. all the sentences were unnecessarily dense with random information it got extremely annoying
I tabbed "Max was ten minutes late. [..] Being late is a selfish habit adopted by boring people in search of a personality quirk who can't be bothered to take up an instrument." bro WHAT. as the cover review says, its "packed with observations" such as "It struck me that the only event where it's appropriate to talk about the reason you're at the event is a funeral." just blatantly untrue?? like ok?
also how tf did she want to date a guy who tried to justify sexism by saying that women would be too powerful and perfect if they weren't oppressed I....more than just a red flag. uno reverse out of there
stg this book made me wanna never read outside of the lgbt genre ever again I have literally nothing in common with this woman
this line was funny tho: "I very rarely knew what Lola meant when she said 'you know what I mean?', but I found her so entertaining, I never wanted to signal at a platform where her train of thought would stop." so true bestie I love those kinds of ppl