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No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
2.5
challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don't think I totally understood this book, I read this in basically one sitting and at 200 pages it's definitely worth a go. 
 
I really enjoyed and related to part one which is about the all consuming nature and the addiction of social media and the never ending doom scroll, I found this part really gripping and although it was bloody weird, it's definitely written by someone who grew up online. 

Part 2 was much harder to grasp and I'm not sure I really got it! Her Sister's child is born with a illness that means she will not be with them for long and how this bug news changes our protagonist for the better/worse how she can't seem to go back to the doom scroll. 

Maybe I should just stop trying to read booker prize winners, someone smarter than me would probably have much better things to say!