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A review by seeseamus
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
I think it's hard to write about the internet because the internet is, by definition, self-critiquing constantly, and any time you take the internet into a different medium your are essentially trying to set into stone a section of an ever-evolving beast, which will always feel trite and reductive and outdated and annoying.
I also think that her commentary is shallow and lacks an analysis beyond “hey look at how weird and silly this all is”. Anyways it kinda feels like we got tricked into reading her Twitter, which is not a book.
And then the back third of the book happens, expanding the analysis into the true story in an emotionally rich and compelling way. That said, I did find that the emotions it evoked in me were more to do with subject matter than Patricia's style. The connection between her real life and the internet life continued to irritate me, and I found the passage "I was just thinking that you and I have seen very different memes in our lives" to be so lame that it sucked out every ounce of compassion I had to the rest of the story. That's maybe something I should investigate in myself though, lol.
Anyways I don't think it's bad by any means. This is all a personal grievance, not an objective review.
I also think that her commentary is shallow and lacks an analysis beyond “hey look at how weird and silly this all is”. Anyways it kinda feels like we got tricked into reading her Twitter, which is not a book.
And then the back third of the book happens, expanding the analysis into the true story in an emotionally rich and compelling way. That said, I did find that the emotions it evoked in me were more to do with subject matter than Patricia's style. The connection between her real life and the internet life continued to irritate me, and I found the passage "I was just thinking that you and I have seen very different memes in our lives" to be so lame that it sucked out every ounce of compassion I had to the rest of the story. That's maybe something I should investigate in myself though, lol.
Anyways I don't think it's bad by any means. This is all a personal grievance, not an objective review.