I don't know why I continue to be such a sucker for messy girl books, but long may it continue! This book had me pulling my hair out, the main character just could not make a good decision if her life depended on it. I read this in 24 hours in preparation for seeing Sheena Patel at a book festival in my city and my word - 24 hours in the narrator's head is an experience and a half!

Working an unspecified vague job, the narrator spends most of her time fawning over 'the man she wants to be with' and stalking 'the woman I'm obsessed with' - both on social media and in real life. It's a claustrophobic experience being in the head of someone with so many toxic, unhealthy behaviours, yet she would also occasionally drop little nuggets of profound wisdom to do with race and class. I thought it was great (stylistically, not for the poor character) in that it showed how people can be so tuned in when it comes to certain things, but so short-sighted when it comes to other aspects of their lives. The narrator is fully aware of the damage social media does, as well as how fake it is, yet she can't stop herself hate-scrolling this woman's Instagram and aspiring to be like the white women who document every inch of their lives there. 

The ending literally had me gobsmacked, it was unhinged and I was there for it. My main quibble is that sometimes the writing seemed to lose its snappiness - some sections were a drag.