Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

13 reviews

joshlegere's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol

traa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Classism, Racism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Deportation, Ableism, and Cultural appropriation

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Sexism, Sexual content, Cursing, Child death, Misogyny, Grief, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Ableism, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Drug use, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Classism, and Infidelity

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Pregnancy, Abortion, Cursing, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism, Mass/school shootings, and Ableism

helhas3letters's review

funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Alcohol and Infertility

nialiversuch's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Abortion

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Alcohol

andrea_mtz27's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

"No One Is Talking About This" isn't perfect, but the reason I rated it so highly is because it's stuck with me more than any other book I've read recently. Weeks after finishing it, I've continued to think about both the content and the writing style.

This book definitely isn't for everyone. I can see how someone who doesn't have a similar relationship with internet culture could find the frequent references grating or nonsensical. However, I found the way that Lockwood wrote about "the portal" weaving itself into everyday life relatable and realistic. The first half was fun, but it was the second half that made this book deeply special. The way the main character's relationship with the portal changed over the course of a major life event felt so real,

and the emotional delivery of the hardship her family endured together was extremely moving

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I don't have the exact words for why this book made such an impression on me, but I do I highly recommend it to anyone who has spent too many hours scrolling through twitter, reddit, or tiktok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Sexual content

itsheyfay's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Death, and Grief

sydapel's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Definitely one of the most different things I'll read all year. It's a challenging book, mostly because the poetry/prose style of writing is hard to get into, but the commentary on Internet language, culture and community is incredibly captivating, and the contrast between this and the second half of the book is done very well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Cursing, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

sib_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Grief, Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing and Police brutality