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"I stalk a woman on the internet who is sleeping with the same man as I am "

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I went into this #womensprize long listed book fully expecting not to like it, as I just don‘t get the ‘influencer‘ world, but actually I rather enjoyed it.

It did take a while to get into but, at around 40% in, like @Leniverse , I really started to appreciate the essay-like sections on social media, politics and race, more than the actual ‘storyline‘.

It won‘t make my personal favourites but it‘s clever enough to make the shortlist, I think.

The characters are horrid, the plot is a combination of cringe and completely outside of my area of interest. But the rage against patriarchy, Capitalism, and white hegemony is magnificent. Would 💯% read an essay collection by this author. It took a lot of thought and reading reviews for me to work out why the book's protagonist is made so unlikeable, but in short I figure it's so she doesn't get the role of victim, and to show that while ⤵️

Our protagonist is stalking a woman on the internet. This woman has an affair with the same man. Both our protagonist and the man are in other relationships.

A book about how easy it is to stalk someone online who posts a lot about themselves and how easy it is for social media to take over your life.

I liked this one, but I didn‘t love.

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6th book for #MarchMadness @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Friday #bookmail! A few more from the #WomensPrize longlist. I much prefer this UK edition of Demon. So pretty and bonus, has cool endpapers and a ribbon bookmark. I need to get reading!!!

She buys Wagya beef and will demonstrate how she will wrap it in a dishcloth soaked with salt, red wine and herbs and roast it over a fire. The comments under the post all express urgent, alarmed concern for the sacrificed dishcloth and I think white people are wild for how they will have an acute empathy for anything bar actual melanated human beings.

This follows an unnamed narrator who is having an affair with an unnamed married man who is also having affairs with multiple other women while she herself has a long term boyfriend
A look at toxic relationships, obsession, patriarchy, power, race, class, narcissism and social media which felt very fresh and modern while being short and readable
Quite a frustrating read as all the characters are awful but I think that‘s the point
3 ⭐️

This was my little London book haul from last week's trip. Three of them were new to me, so let's hope I picked wisely.