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I picked this up because I really like the author but it was overall too juvenile for my taste.
This is more of a memoir than anything and I found it quite boring. It's really well written but not my thing
I might've been able to pull through it if the narration wasn't so bad, it made a plain story sound weird in a bad way.
This isn't a terrible book I just should've looked it up better before letting the hype convince me to try it out, there isn't a single thing happening there that interests me.
(also, they just start of disliking each other because of... reasons? And then all of a sudden they're desperately horny for each other)
This isn't a terrible book I just should've looked it up better before letting the hype convince me to try it out, there isn't a single thing happening there that interests me.
(also, they just start of disliking each other because of... reasons? And then all of a sudden they're desperately horny for each other)
DNF at 33%
I love the concept of satirizing the shallowness and ridicule of the advertisement industry, this is a very solid takeon ultra-capitalism and I appreciate the intention behind it, specially as someone who works on the field. But an important part of satire, for me, is that even when critiquing it should still be entertaining. This wasn't entertaining.
The writing is too on the nose, too heavy-handed. I completely understand that it's the point because these people ARE supposed to be annoying, but there should be a balance to help me care about what I was reading.
I think a more solid plot would've done wonders here, instead of just following scene after scene of characters being extremely obnoxious and out of touch just for the sake of showing they were obnoxious and out of touch. (Secret History comes to mind: extremely unlikable characters but the mistery keeps you interested).
It's not a bad book necessarily, it just really didn't work for me. I can't decide if someone completely disconnected from this reality would be able to enjoy the freak show, like a zoo experiment, or just be confused by the references to advertisment in-works every other sentence.
I love the concept of satirizing the shallowness and ridicule of the advertisement industry, this is a very solid takeon ultra-capitalism and I appreciate the intention behind it, specially as someone who works on the field. But an important part of satire, for me, is that even when critiquing it should still be entertaining. This wasn't entertaining.
The writing is too on the nose, too heavy-handed. I completely understand that it's the point because these people ARE supposed to be annoying, but there should be a balance to help me care about what I was reading.
I think a more solid plot would've done wonders here, instead of just following scene after scene of characters being extremely obnoxious and out of touch just for the sake of showing they were obnoxious and out of touch. (Secret History comes to mind: extremely unlikable characters but the mistery keeps you interested).
It's not a bad book necessarily, it just really didn't work for me. I can't decide if someone completely disconnected from this reality would be able to enjoy the freak show, like a zoo experiment, or just be confused by the references to advertisment in-works every other sentence.