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A review by montigneyrules
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday
2.0
#readingchallenge2024 (my book with an apostrophe in the title)
while the novel had interesting moments, I had two major qualms-
1. there was a lot of repetativeness; a decent amount of the novel could be easily removed, making this a stronger long article, not a full book-
2. I couldn't help but feeling yelled at-
overall, the author achieved his goal- he shifted my paradigms of thought towards the media- as an Instagram foodie influencer, I felt myself cringe as he exposed my 'manipulative' tasks to get free products (sorry not sorry), but his voice was too snarky-
his points felt thrown, shoved, smeared in my face until I understood he was not enlightening, but making fun of it all- so while he made good points, he badgers it all with self-promotion-
while the novel had interesting moments, I had two major qualms-
1. there was a lot of repetativeness; a decent amount of the novel could be easily removed, making this a stronger long article, not a full book-
2. I couldn't help but feeling yelled at-
overall, the author achieved his goal- he shifted my paradigms of thought towards the media- as an Instagram foodie influencer, I felt myself cringe as he exposed my 'manipulative' tasks to get free products (sorry not sorry), but his voice was too snarky-
his points felt thrown, shoved, smeared in my face until I understood he was not enlightening, but making fun of it all- so while he made good points, he badgers it all with self-promotion-