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No One Is Talking About This
by Patricia Lockwood
TW: Child loss, Grief and grief shaming
Please read with caution if you have been dealing with grief. I am going to get super personal and share one of the messier memories.
On the day I had to terminate my pregnancy, I was there lying on the bed with my mobile in hand. It was the day of the US Election result. I was obsessively hooked on the outcome of the result more than the contractions. It was a much-wanted baby but had to terminate the pregnancy because, well, genetic defects. I was devastated and looking for a distraction and the lifesaving internet saved me, as always.
I watched everything I can that day. From memes to stories to YouTube to Election results, I watched and read everything to keep my mind off. Why I am sharing this here is this book deals with a similar concept differently but ended with a similar outcome. While I had the means to terminate the pregnancy because the baby is going to die anyway, they didn't. Why you may ask, it is of course because of the law created by men to control women's bodies (supported by some women too). But then again, I might be talking for myself because any little time with the little one is precious and they get to have that while I opted not to.
No One Is Talking About This is divided into two parts. Part 1 sounded more absurd with its whole meme culture and random things, like every other thing we see on the internet by extent, the internet itself. The reference to memes and viral videos, posts and tweets did get tiresome after a few pages. It felt as if the story is moving directionless.
In my opinion, Part 2 brought out the full essence of the book. The paragraphs in both the parts were rather short, tweet-sized things. But it conveys many more things than what it shows. The loss, pain, grief of losing a child felt so close. I thought of DNFing at that point, but I kept on reading. It's been nearly a year and I am okay at this moment. Even with a good second part, I felt as if something is missing from the book. Something vital that makes the crux of any book.
Maybe, I am too traditional to enjoy its modern structure. Overall, No One Is Talking About This is a book that talks about what everybody is talking about at the surface. The banality of the everyday chores, the internet culture that makes a mole into a mountain and a mountain a mole, the memes that we use to describe our feelings instead of confronting them, talks about everything yet nothing at the same time. It would've been a different scenario if I am more present on the internet but I am not which makes it a tiresome read. So now I have a book that I enjoyed at certain places.
Please read with caution if you have been dealing with grief. I am going to get super personal and share one of the messier memories.
On the day I had to terminate my pregnancy, I was there lying on the bed with my mobile in hand. It was the day of the US Election result. I was obsessively hooked on the outcome of the result more than the contractions. It was a much-wanted baby but had to terminate the pregnancy because, well, genetic defects. I was devastated and looking for a distraction and the lifesaving internet saved me, as always.
I watched everything I can that day. From memes to stories to YouTube to Election results, I watched and read everything to keep my mind off. Why I am sharing this here is this book deals with a similar concept differently but ended with a similar outcome. While I had the means to terminate the pregnancy because the baby is going to die anyway, they didn't. Why you may ask, it is of course because of the law created by men to control women's bodies (supported by some women too). But then again, I might be talking for myself because any little time with the little one is precious and they get to have that while I opted not to.
No One Is Talking About This is divided into two parts. Part 1 sounded more absurd with its whole meme culture and random things, like every other thing we see on the internet by extent, the internet itself. The reference to memes and viral videos, posts and tweets did get tiresome after a few pages. It felt as if the story is moving directionless.
In my opinion, Part 2 brought out the full essence of the book. The paragraphs in both the parts were rather short, tweet-sized things. But it conveys many more things than what it shows. The loss, pain, grief of losing a child felt so close. I thought of DNFing at that point, but I kept on reading. It's been nearly a year and I am okay at this moment. Even with a good second part, I felt as if something is missing from the book. Something vital that makes the crux of any book.
Maybe, I am too traditional to enjoy its modern structure. Overall, No One Is Talking About This is a book that talks about what everybody is talking about at the surface. The banality of the everyday chores, the internet culture that makes a mole into a mountain and a mountain a mole, the memes that we use to describe our feelings instead of confronting them, talks about everything yet nothing at the same time. It would've been a different scenario if I am more present on the internet but I am not which makes it a tiresome read. So now I have a book that I enjoyed at certain places.