girlperusingprose 's review for:

Literally Show Me a Healthy Person by Darcie Wilder

sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Literally show me a worse book—I’ll wait. As the intended audience, I found this utterly insufferable. If this represents the future of literature, then spare me, Mr. McClanahan. 

Rather than a novel, this reads like a disjointed thread of biographical tweets, straining for profundity but landing in self-indulgence. Desperation seeps from every page, punctuated by gratuitous vulgarity and a cavalier treatment of death, trauma, depression, and sex. 

Self-deprecation, sabotage, and loathing are not a substitute for depth, nor do they make one compelling, let alone the elusive “cool girl.” I wanted to love this, but I have rarely cringed so hard.