camoo3032 's review for:

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

3.75

challenging reflective medium-paced

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The first half was a bit of a struggle to get through but I thoroughly enjoyed the second half. My biggest criticism would be that she often recounts information or includes personal tales that are tangential to the point that she's trying to make. I also fear that aspects of this book will lose their relevance the further away we get from the Trump Administrative 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, Transphobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism