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A review by diamondolc
I Hate the Internet by Jarett Kobek
4.0
4.5 stars
This book was amazing. It was such a brilliant and unapologetic blend of fiction and nonfiction; basically Kobek just wanted to discuss nonfictional discourse but created fictional characters to very blatantly illustrate his points, which was something I’ve never seen before in a novel (at least not quite like this). Reading this, I felt like “finally someone gets it!!!” because many of the points made in the book were things I’ve thought about myself and no one ever seems to understand what I mean.
Kobek does such a brilliant job at shoving our society’s hypocrisy in our faces. To some readers this might seem abrasive, but I loved it. Sometimes you need to be obnoxious to get a point through people’s thick skulls.
Overall I absolutely adored this book and thought it was completely brilliant. I’m only taking off points because I think the message could have been more effective if the book had been a little more concise, and because the narrative can get a little too pretentious for my taste at points.
I wish more people would give this book a chance, because seriously...I hate the internet too in a lot of ways haha.
This book was amazing. It was such a brilliant and unapologetic blend of fiction and nonfiction; basically Kobek just wanted to discuss nonfictional discourse but created fictional characters to very blatantly illustrate his points, which was something I’ve never seen before in a novel (at least not quite like this). Reading this, I felt like “finally someone gets it!!!” because many of the points made in the book were things I’ve thought about myself and no one ever seems to understand what I mean.
Kobek does such a brilliant job at shoving our society’s hypocrisy in our faces. To some readers this might seem abrasive, but I loved it. Sometimes you need to be obnoxious to get a point through people’s thick skulls.
Overall I absolutely adored this book and thought it was completely brilliant. I’m only taking off points because I think the message could have been more effective if the book had been a little more concise, and because the narrative can get a little too pretentious for my taste at points.
I wish more people would give this book a chance, because seriously...I hate the internet too in a lot of ways haha.