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errski's review against another edition
3.0
I liked it. There were parts that I didn't like, but I couldn't put the book down.
lesbiangrandpa's review against another edition
5.0
Sheila Heti is fuckin’ ridiculous (complimentary). Some moments hit me real sincerely, and others made me laugh.
zofinn02's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
sarug's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.5
this feels like a fair rating given i found myself annoyed with most of this, but the moments that connected with me felt life-changing!
gadicohen93's review against another edition
3.0
Like a Girls episode with the plot removed. Sheila is obsessed by her best friendship and records their conversations for writing material. Much of the book is formatted page turningly as script. The protagonist doesn’t seem to have much going her way artistically but I still found this book readable and it kept me up several nights. At a certain point it does get exasperating and the artifice of the premise starts feeling thin but it was also nice to have a book that is about nothing and everything.
jacbom17's review against another edition
4.0
This was interesting i will probably reread! I really liked the beginning then it got harder to stay with.
savaging's review against another edition
2.0
At certain times in my life, I have been obsessed with the question of how a person should be. Now I'm a little shoulder-shrugging, thinking well we're primates so really what could we expect? Primates are always getting into trouble.
But back when I did more hand-wringing, I came up with a lot of possibilities of how a person should be. None of them were as boring as the options Heti considers.
This is a book about wanting to be a great artist but finding it's hard to be a great artist, and so instead mostly writing emails and doing coke. I liked how important the central friendship is to both characters, but the details of it were dull (the big climatic crisis is that Sheila buys the same yellow dress as Margaux). Haven't we all read enough autobiographical novels by now to know that artists' lives are, in general, the most boring ones out there?
But back when I did more hand-wringing, I came up with a lot of possibilities of how a person should be. None of them were as boring as the options Heti considers.
This is a book about wanting to be a great artist but finding it's hard to be a great artist, and so instead mostly writing emails and doing coke. I liked how important the central friendship is to both characters, but the details of it were dull (the big climatic crisis is that Sheila buys the same yellow dress as Margaux). Haven't we all read enough autobiographical novels by now to know that artists' lives are, in general, the most boring ones out there?
marniemarnmar's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0