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How Do You Like Me Now?
by Holly Bourne
I can see why it’s so popular.
Tori is a perfect depiction of a young woman of our times - convinced of her superiority and inferiority at the same time. Conflicted and torn between the things she knows she should believe and the things she actually feels. This makes her judge herself a lot, for wanting the things she publicly takes the piss out of. Tell me you haven’t been there.
This book talks about a huge issue of our time and I like the approach - first person narrative, compassionate and insightful, not didactic. I don’t think it’s groundbreaking, but it’s worth a read, especially if you use social media without giving it much thought.
There’s a couple of missed opportunities! The narrator would build up to something significant and we’d be left there, and it’d jump to the next month, making you all “OKAY BUT HOW DID THE THING GO”.
I like the month structure and the thought behind it. That kind of dark humor is what I like about this book, but dark as in just stating the brutal facts in a way that makes you chuckle bitterly, NOT the slightly try hard jokes that are unnecessarily vulgar at times.
What can I say about the storyline, obviously it’s heartbreaking and will resonate with anyone who has been in a relationship that didn’t work. Again - there’s a couple of missed opportunities to say more important things and also maybe let the guy speak. Another story kicking the concept of “The One” right in the balls. The observations on female friendship - true, not the kind you want to acknowledge or admit, but true.
Tori is a perfect depiction of a young woman of our times - convinced of her superiority and inferiority at the same time. Conflicted and torn between the things she knows she should believe and the things she actually feels. This makes her judge herself a lot, for wanting the things she publicly takes the piss out of. Tell me you haven’t been there.
This book talks about a huge issue of our time and I like the approach - first person narrative, compassionate and insightful, not didactic. I don’t think it’s groundbreaking, but it’s worth a read, especially if you use social media without giving it much thought.
There’s a couple of missed opportunities! The narrator would build up to something significant and we’d be left there, and it’d jump to the next month, making you all “OKAY BUT HOW DID THE THING GO”.
I like the month structure and the thought behind it. That kind of dark humor is what I like about this book, but dark as in just stating the brutal facts in a way that makes you chuckle bitterly, NOT the slightly try hard jokes that are unnecessarily vulgar at times.
What can I say about the storyline, obviously it’s heartbreaking and will resonate with anyone who has been in a relationship that didn’t work. Again - there’s a couple of missed opportunities to say more important things and also maybe let the guy speak. Another story kicking the concept of “The One” right in the balls. The observations on female friendship - true, not the kind you want to acknowledge or admit, but true.