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mmefish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Includes golden thoughts like: "Autism is an advantage because autistic people luck shame and empathy";
and: "there are POOR people!!! And they are still people, just like us!!! Incredible!!"
Graphic: Ableism and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use
jb4nay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Sexual content
savvylit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.5
Additionally, this is a plotless, character-focused book with very few likable characters. Sheila portrays both herself and her close friends as unabashedly vain and pretentious. Their attitude towards money and labor is particularly cavalier and seems to reflect an unwritten privilege. Perhaps this book is just too honest; real people are indeed flawed and Heti doesn't hold back in revealing her own flaws.
Overall, I thought How Should a Person Be? was well-written and nominally interesting. However, I wouldn't recommend it nor be interested in revisiting it again in the future.
Graphic: Ableism, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use and Racism
leenvanhoudt's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Ableism and Gore
marissab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
baruss666's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
abbyeck's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
tumbly_weed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I’m not really sure what I got out of the book, but there was something pretty stunning about the author being so vulnerable about how shitty a person she saw herself as. I hope she has grown to perceive herself less darkly. I can see why Lena Dunham liked the book, but for me, this is a category of story that has a lot of self-loathing, and I don’t need more examples of how to do that in my brain.
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence
Minor: Drug use
dylan2219's review
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
kamuffel's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence