A review by helloroci
I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel

1.0

I very rarely say this, but this book was a complete waste of time. I thought I was really going to like this and had really been looking forward to it but it’s painfully heterosexual in a way that is damn near anti-feminist. The narrator is pathetic and sad but not in a vulnerable or raw way, in a detestable and deeply off putting, self-inflicted way. The narrator goes on and on AND ON with criticisms of institutionalized racism and patriarchy but is consistently an enabler, worshipper, and hugely willing and obsessive participant of all the systems she is criticizing so it makes the book one long whine from someone who’s repeatedly asking for advice they will vehemently not take. Despite all of this, the book’s worst crime is being profoundly boring. It was a reminder that sometimes people on booktok and bookstagram are paid money to tell us books are good when they aren’t. 

If you read this book jacket and want to read something actually akin to what that promises I’d highly recommend The Fake by Zoe Whittall or even better The Shame by Makenna Goodman which is phenomenal.