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A review by robyncoleman
None Of This Is Serious by Catherine Prasifka
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Kind of… boring?
Merits: portrays a pretty accurate lifestyle of a south-side, recently graduated young adult in contemporary Dublin. Housing crisis, perpetually online, friends emigrating, job hunt and politics included. If this sounds like your buzz, then I would recommend this book (maybe?).
Has nice reflective writing at times. Relatable as someone who is periodically addicted to social media. Being connected via phone all the time is a massive theme in this book.
Faults: I didn’t like one character in this book. They’re all so moany and the male characters are awful (for obvious reasons). Like I don’t think any of them combined, had a positive characteristic. I’m all for an unlikable character but the narrator was just so dramatically tragic and sad ALL THE TIME. She felt like a bit flat… or lacking depth sometimes.
Also lots of descriptions of people getting sick or vomiting. Almost every chapter.
My ending thoughts of the book was that it felt a bit like nothingness. 2/5 stars
Merits: portrays a pretty accurate lifestyle of a south-side, recently graduated young adult in contemporary Dublin. Housing crisis, perpetually online, friends emigrating, job hunt and politics included. If this sounds like your buzz, then I would recommend this book (maybe?).
Has nice reflective writing at times. Relatable as someone who is periodically addicted to social media. Being connected via phone all the time is a massive theme in this book.
Faults: I didn’t like one character in this book. They’re all so moany and the male characters are awful (for obvious reasons). Like I don’t think any of them combined, had a positive characteristic. I’m all for an unlikable character but the narrator was just so dramatically tragic and sad ALL THE TIME. She felt like a bit flat… or lacking depth sometimes.
Also lots of descriptions of people getting sick or vomiting. Almost every chapter.
My ending thoughts of the book was that it felt a bit like nothingness. 2/5 stars