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A review by graysweed
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
emotional
sad
medium-paced
2.0
I'm someone who's extremely online & seriously addicted to my phone, but this book was not for me at all.
I didn't like the writing style, it was too poetic & at times absurdist for my taste. I also found the main character to oscilate violently from being kind of relatable to being kind of the worst. So, I thought she sucked.
Unfortunately, after reading the acknowledgments I found out this is largely, if not entirely, autobiographical. So, I'm sorry Patricia.
The second half increased my rating a lot, though. It was existential and sad, and either the absurdity decreased more as she got more disconnected from her phone or else I just got used to it.
I didn't like the writing style, it was too poetic & at times absurdist for my taste. I also found the main character to oscilate violently from being kind of relatable to being kind of the worst. So, I thought she sucked.
The second half increased my rating a lot, though. It was existential and sad, and either the absurdity decreased more as she got more disconnected from her phone or else I just got used to it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death