Reviews with content warning for Toxic friendship - None of This Is Serious

This was a mix up of a Sally Rooney book and the film Don't Look Up. It's a Saltaire about what humans are doing to the planet, even when a massive big crack appears in the sky it soon becomes the new normal with Twitter leading the way to adapt to it. Not so dissimilar to the record breaking heatwaves we have experienced in Europe people still won't open their eyes to commit to real change. Yet it is the twentie somethings (my generation) who are the ones who will see if first hand and expected to do something about it, as if living in the first generation glued to our phones 24/7 and everyone's opinions being a click away isn't pressure enough. The book highlights the dangerous predator culture men have, thinking sex is something they have the power for and scarily don't respect womens consent to choose. Everyone in this book annoyed me, even Sophie which is perhaps why I haven't ranked it higher. I'm a twin and understand how it is difficult to be constantly compared and pitted against each other but she seemed self sabotaging and did desert her friends even if they weren't the best and were controlling.

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theothersideofreading's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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francescalange's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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saoixse's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective 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

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northernlitreading's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

i related to the mc’s internal beliefs so much and i wonder if other people find her and thus me and irritating character… there were so many lightbulb “i’ve thought the exact same thing” moments. the whole crack thing was a little confusing, i get it showed uncertainty but it didn’t seem like there was much point to it - maybe that was the point. at times it did feel like a wannabe self help book, took me out of the book everytime but jesus if she wasn’t out through the ringer, everything that happened is so so awful and yet it’s so common and realistic. makes me want to psychoanalyse the entire book

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frantear's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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