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Ripe
Ripe | Sarah Rose Etter
12 posts | 10 read | 8 to read
From an award-winning writer whose work Roxane Gay calls "utterly unique and remarkable" comes a surreal novel about a woman in Silicon Valley who must decide how much she's willing to give up for success--perfect for fans of My Year of Rest and Relaxation and The Need. A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses, and unethical projects, she also struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of houseless people bathing in the bay. Startup burnouts leap into the paths of commuter trains and men literally set themselves on fire in the streets. Though isolated, Cassie is never alone. From her earliest memory, a miniature black hole has been her constant companion. It feeds on her depression and anxiety, its size changing in relation to her distress. The black hole watches, but it also waits. Its relentless pull draws Cassie ever-closer as the world around her unravels. When her CEO's demands cross an illegal threshold and she ends up unexpectedly pregnant, Cassie must decide whether the tempting fruits of Silicon Valley are really worth it. Sharp but vulnerable, funny yet unsettling, Ripe portrays one millennial woman's journey through our late-capitalist hellscape and offers a brilliantly incisive look at the absurdities of modern life.
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Reggie
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This one got a little crazy, so crazy that I had to take a break and read a Marian Keyes before I came back. Cassie is in her new life in San Francisco at a toxic tech startup. There‘s homelessness, rising rents, people setting themselves on fire, a boyfriend who is not hers, and she has this black hole that accompanies her everywhere that sometimes gets bigger or smaller depending on her loneliness. This was wild and depressing. This belongs 👇🏼

Reggie in that category of women on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She‘s for fans of Otessa Moshfegh. There was a point where I just started laughing because it got to be too much but things start to happen on the last half that roped me back in and I just felt so much for Cassie. Pick. A sad pick! A sad, sad, sad, pick! 2w
sarahbarnes Wow, what a review! I‘ve been curious about this one. Your comparison to Moshfegh is very compelling. 2w
Billypar A 'triple sad' pick...how can I resist? 😅 2w
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Reggie @sarahbarnes @Billypar I‘ve never read someone who is so good at interrupting their own scenes. It‘s jarring and every time we‘re presented with air, the author plunges us face first into mud. It was a lot. I hope ya‘ll like it if you pick it up. 2w
Cathythoughts Excellent review! I loved this one and will be looking forward to more by this author 👍🏻❤️ (edited) 2w
Rissreads A ‘sad‘ stack it is then! 2w
Reggie @Cathythoughts Thanks, Cathy! I‘ve been thinking about Cassie all week. 2w
Reggie @Rissreads lol, I hope you like it! 2w
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WildAlaskaBibliophile
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“Ripe“ by Sarah Rose Etter is my pick for #BadBossDay. #autumnplease #scarathlon @eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent ❤️ 5mo
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she.hearts.horror
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Mehso-so

Actually, spoilt. .

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Megabooks
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With blurbs from Carmen Maria Machado and Kristen Arnett, you know this won‘t be a typical book, and that‘s a good thing! While I was screaming for a bit, “Buy a damn pregnancy test!” I still liked this.

Cassie has moved to SF to work in tech, but it‘s not what she thought it would be. Crushed by depression, she‘s pretty sure she‘s pregnant by her open relationship boyfriend. With few friends to lean on, her life is spiraling into a black hole.

Cinfhen What a cover! I keep seeing this book in all my various algorithms but I‘m not hooked…yet😉 7mo
Megabooks @Cinfhen same! Whatever publisher has this is really paying to have it up algorithmed. It a good book. I enjoyed it, but it‘s not going to be in my best of list. 7mo
BarbaraBB Beautiful pic 🤩 7mo
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sarahbarnes Wow, those are two writers whose blurbs catch my eye, too! Great review! I‘m intrigued. 7mo
Megabooks @sarahbarnes yes! The blurbs on this one really impressed me, and I enjoyed the book, too, which is always good! 👍🏻 7mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB thanks! 7mo
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Erinreadsthebooks
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Mehso-so

Meh, maybe wrong book at the wrong stage of life. Other books (My Year of Rest; Really Good Actually; Pisces) have been 5 star reads for me. This was different. There‘s no snarky, dark humor to help this one. I thought the short chapters would make for a quick read, but I found myself just not wanting to pick up the book and took forever and a day to finish it. Lots of problems with this one for me at this current life stage. It‘s a me problem.

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Matilda
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If you‘re curious what a bunch of the big book clubs are reading this month: https://bookriot.com/august-2023-book-club-picks/

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Amor4Libros
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“You have to betray yourself first in order for anyone else to betray you.”

This book was so gut-wrenching, so powerful and made me feel so many things that I‘m still processing at the moment.

One of my favorite reads so far this year! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Amor4Libros
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Started this one a few hours ago and I‘m already at 42%! It has been a very engaging read, so far!

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sakeriver
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I‘m used to thinking of Sarah Rose Etter as a surrealist, and a master surrealist at that. What‘s most interesting to me here is that what feels the most off-kilter in this book is actually the most realistic. Bleak, tense, darkly comic, compelling.

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Alfoster
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This is a fascinating but depressing book about Cassie who works for Voyager in the Silicon Valley. Since childhood she‘s had a “black hole” following her which manifests itself whenever she become anxious (which is a lot)! Weird things happen as the virus spreads and Cassie becomes embroiled in an affair. Crazy but mind-blowing!
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