kell_xavi's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting
ichirofakename's review against another edition
3.0
Starts encouragingly with a farcical magic feeling, but jumps some sharks and becomes somewhat desperate and then pointless. Maybe she gets bettr, I might try another.
gloomyboygirl's review against another edition
4.0
there's nothing i would change about this book but despite that and despite how on paper it sounds like EXACTLY my type of book, something about it kept it from shining enough to be a 5 star. it is amazing in like every way though, if you're looking for a weird almost dreamy story about living in late stage capitalism, sort of specifically as a person affected by misogyny but not Explicitly just that. digs a lot into consumption as identity, how we're sold things, the capitalist interpretations of selfcare and finding yourself, and just generally how everything is coopted for corporate interest even your self
cdlindwall's review against another edition
4.0
weird and angsty and lyrical. at times a bit predictable but wonderfully readable.
yes yes yes.
yes yes yes.
acannaeread's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.0
sonjaloviisa's review against another edition
1.0
“Hate” isn’t a strong enough word to describe how I feel about this book. This was just a mess.
I understand that this was meant to be a kind of satire and commentary on society, but dear god— pick a theme!! This was all over the place, sporadic, confusing, boring, and haphazardly thought out. The plot is terrible and most of the language feels like metaphors written by an AP English student.
I got absolutely nothing out of this and actually regret spending any time on this book, which is rare.
I understand that this was meant to be a kind of satire and commentary on society, but dear god— pick a theme!! This was all over the place, sporadic, confusing, boring, and haphazardly thought out. The plot is terrible and most of the language feels like metaphors written by an AP English student.
I got absolutely nothing out of this and actually regret spending any time on this book, which is rare.
romethegreenwood's review
3.75
I can't quite work out how I felt about this. I think maybe it would have worked better as a horror novel, but as it stands it could have benefitted from some finetuning. The first fifty percent or so was rather meandering, and I thought it was meant to be a character study, and an interesting commentary on advertising, the body, and relationships. However, then a plot appeared around the 60% mark, in which the protagonist gets sucked into the cult. I really liked little aspects of this book, like the Wally's, where employees are not allowed to direct you to the product you want, but rather to other products that you should also buy. However, it just felt a bit directionless overall - maybe it was trying to do too many things at once. I would've liked to see the plotline about the roommate attempting to become a twin of the protagonist come to fruition with much more detail and creepiness, or more about where the boyfriend was off to. I did enjoy the lack of names, though, as I've been thinking lately about unnamed protagonists and this took that to a whole new level. Overall, it was good, but not as much as I was hoping it could be.
baguettekelly's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- 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
There but for the grace of god go I
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Stalking and Toxic friendship
claraclarity's review against another edition
5.0
Won’t stop recommending this to people. Unlike anything I’ve ever read. I want to form a book club just to have a discussion about this book.