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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

3.5

This got much better as it went along, I didn’t love the first two essays but then progressively I found myself liking the following ones more and more. My favorites were probably Ecstasy and The Cult of Difficult Women. Jia Tolentino is so cool and I want to be her friend. 

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

4.0

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

5.0

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

4.5

Intimations by Zadie Smith

reflective

4.0

Loved this, brought me back to how I felt in the first few months of quarantine in kind of a painful way. “Something to Do” was my favorite essay. 

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

challenging funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

Considerably slower than the first book, but the political philosophy delivered with Viet Thanh Nguyen’s excellent writing style made it engaging nonetheless.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.5

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

3.5

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

4.0