Reviews with content warning for Mental illness - The New Me

We follow our FMC, Millie, in her day-to-day at a temp job. She seems incredibly depressed, judgmental, and out-of-touch. She desperately needed a good therapist, and probably some form of medication too. This felt like My Year of Rest & Relaxation (similar vibes) but without the dashes of hope sprinkled in. To me, it felt like the author was trying to showcase that there are so many things we as humans care about that are just utterly unimportant. Or maybe it was just highlighting the mundane - this cycle of waking up everyday, doing the same thing, going to this dead-end job. I’m not sure what the intention here was, but it left me feeling unsettled.

Overall, this was a super quick read, I was intrigued and invested enough to see where it went.

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nialiversuch's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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chloebrcsn's review against another edition

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lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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mmccombs's review against another edition

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dark funny reflective sad medium-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

3.0

This was fine! I’m all for a listless, kind of gross woman trying to navigate life but this just lacked purpose and meaning for me? Which is saying a lot cause I don’t necessarily need strong plots or “purpose” for books, but I finished it kind of like “okay, why?” It was fairly funny and Millie was pretty relatable, but many other books I’ve read do this better.

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walkerwilliams's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense medium-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

1.5

The most unlikable narrator I’ve ever come across. Millie has immense privilege yet no self awareness nor assertion. She probably has severe depression or BPD, so to some, this may be an accurate depiction of their experiences. To me, the narrative structure was lackluster: the writing confusing and so surface-level. Maybe that was the point of the character study. To show how all of our interactions are surface level and regurgitate what we want to know and hear ourselves. The relationships exhibited in this book were mildly accurate representations of complex female friendships. Despite its merits, I found this book HIGHLY unenjoyable and almost DNFd — which I’ve never done before — and would not recommend it.

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vitacat11's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-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

4.25

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