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Trick Mirror, by Jia Tolentino

gallag's review against another edition

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3.0

Thought provoking and well written essays. I really loved some of them. A couple of them felt like they didn’t fit in with the others. It felt like all together in one book it was missing a theme.

staniel's review against another edition

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5.0

A read I will revisit over and over. The humour, tone, and surrealness of the essays and Jia’s observations put me in the passenger seat on a entrancing tour.

I found this collection after voraciously reading an article by Jia on “Instagram face”. This book did not disappoint.

leafyshivers's review against another edition

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challenging funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

lbeckworth's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced

3.5

alwayskeara's review against another edition

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3.0

Very enjoyable and lovely writing, but it’s really nothing new. The most impactful chapter was “I in the Internet,” but the rest was just a historical breakdown of pop cultural moments from a feminist take. I think I’ve just taken too many sociology, history, and gender studies classes that it didn’t hit as hard as it would for traditional audiences.

laurensm_th's review against another edition

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dark informative slow-paced

4.0

sha66areads's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

1.0

nothing original, went on looooong tangents, writing was nothing revolutionary, way too long, no conclusions to the essays other than "i just gave you the pros and cons about this subject. I am both right and wrong.", basically pointless reading this just have a conversation about the topics with friends and you'd get and learn more from them than this

safiya's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

elica's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

sknoricklong's review against another edition

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funny reflective medium-paced

4.25