No One Is Talking About This
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- Author：Patricia Lockwood
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Summary
This is a story about a life lived in two halves。
It's about what happens when real life collides with the world accessed through a screen。
It's about where we go when existential threats loom and high-stakes reality claims us back。
It's about living in world that contains both an abundance of proof that there is goodness， empathy， and justice in the universe， and a deluge of evidence to the contrary。
Irreverent and sincere， poignant and delightfully profane， No One Is Talking About This is a meditation on love， language and human connection from one of the most original voices of our time。
It's about what happens when real life collides with the world accessed through a screen。
It's about where we go when existential threats loom and high-stakes reality claims us back。
It's about living in world that contains both an abundance of proof that there is goodness， empathy， and justice in the universe， and a deluge of evidence to the contrary。
Irreverent and sincere， poignant and delightfully profane， No One Is Talking About This is a meditation on love， language and human connection from one of the most original voices of our time。
Reviews
Quirky Girl Reads
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2。5 Stars - Review to Come
Rachel Shannon
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everything i can say about this book will sound trite and sarcastic because it's all things that people always say about books when they want to sound ~well read~。 this book deserves every single award。 absolutely every aspect of this book is perfection。 it is so timely and so necessary and truly flawless。 i have never laughed so hard in the first part of a book to cry so hard in the second。 this is just a perfect book and is easily the best book i have ever read。 everything i can say about this book will sound trite and sarcastic because it's all things that people always say about books when they want to sound ~well read~。 this book deserves every single award。 absolutely every aspect of this book is perfection。 it is so timely and so necessary and truly flawless。 i have never laughed so hard in the first part of a book to cry so hard in the second。 this is just a perfect book and is easily the best book i have ever read。 。。。more
Andrew Pollard
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A reflection on irony poisoning and the misery and vapidity it encourages。 This is， let's just be clear， an extremely fucking cool idea for a book， but the form feels more revolutionary than the content。 That is to say that， yeah， this accurately captures what internet bullshit is like， but I already knew that because I go on the internet。 I feel that this book （especially the first half—the second is very different） will either feel overly familiar or completely alienating depending on how onli A reflection on irony poisoning and the misery and vapidity it encourages。 This is， let's just be clear， an extremely fucking cool idea for a book， but the form feels more revolutionary than the content。 That is to say that， yeah， this accurately captures what internet bullshit is like， but I already knew that because I go on the internet。 I feel that this book （especially the first half—the second is very different） will either feel overly familiar or completely alienating depending on how online you are。 In general， though， I did enjoy reading it; lots of genuinely funny stuff， and it's pretty cathartic in its later moments， even if it becomes really obvious what it's trying to do the moment it begins to do it。 Good， but a little disappointing。 。。。more
Erica
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The first half of this feels like reading a New Yorker short story and then there's a turn that doesn't change the tone of the book but changes how you interact with it in a really beautiful way。 You don't think you're going to have a feeling and then you do， and it's a lot， and it's really lovely。 The first half of this feels like reading a New Yorker short story and then there's a turn that doesn't change the tone of the book but changes how you interact with it in a really beautiful way。 You don't think you're going to have a feeling and then you do， and it's a lot， and it's really lovely。 。。。more
Audrey Andel
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3。5Part 2 was really beautiful but Part 1 reminded me of that SNL sketch with Emma Stone where they’re in the improv troupe。 I actually do think this did a good job of capturing internet culture and how it affects us， which is surprising and pretty rare。
Ed
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4。5
Mac Hubbard
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probably the only thing I've ever read about how terrifying Twitter is that didn't make me feel worse for reading it。 part 2 really brings the pain， but I think I was better for it probably the only thing I've ever read about how terrifying Twitter is that didn't make me feel worse for reading it。 part 2 really brings the pain， but I think I was better for it 。。。more
Margaret Oliver
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Read this because LOTS of people were - well， writing about this - but ugh I couldn't get into it Read this because LOTS of people were - well， writing about this - but ugh I couldn't get into it 。。。more
Barbara
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A book that offers an opportunity to discuss one horrible sidebar of the effects of women losing control over their own health and families…。 Perhaps some folks are not aware of the horrible defects that can only be diagnosed well into a pregnancy and therefore women in many states today and probably more in coming months and years） cannot choose to abort these doomed fetuses that cannot survive and can only bring heartache to families。 However， part one of this book is written in such a fashion A book that offers an opportunity to discuss one horrible sidebar of the effects of women losing control over their own health and families…。 Perhaps some folks are not aware of the horrible defects that can only be diagnosed well into a pregnancy and therefore women in many states today and probably more in coming months and years） cannot choose to abort these doomed fetuses that cannot survive and can only bring heartache to families。 However， part one of this book is written in such a fashion that the average American may never read this book。 Part two is a serious warning about a heartbreaking problem that is rare but very real。 I wish that Miss Lockwood wrote about it in a more traditional style。 。。。more
mia
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I don’t know what to say about this book。 It was weird and out of seemingly nowhere， despite knowing exactly what was going to happen， found myself sobbing。 Recovered。 And then the acknowledgments made me sob all over again。
Kelli
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To write of this book in standard English prose seems incongruous。 Immediately after reading the last line of the acknowledgements I began re-reading it。 I don’t think I’ll ever understand it fully （as someone who was born pre-internet） but I’ll keep trying… Irreverent， deeply moving， achingly contemporary。 I loved it。
Jill
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Wow， this book is hard to rate but I would have to split into Part 1 and Part 2， as the book itself does。 Part 1 just didn't connect for me， it's tough to follow， figure out what is going on and what I should be absorbing as important and more than musings by the narrator。 Parts made me chuckle or surprised me， but I found myself trying to get through it so I could get to the part that the plot synopsis promises of that urgent message from mom。 Part 2 picks up when that message finally arrives a Wow， this book is hard to rate but I would have to split into Part 1 and Part 2， as the book itself does。 Part 1 just didn't connect for me， it's tough to follow， figure out what is going on and what I should be absorbing as important and more than musings by the narrator。 Parts made me chuckle or surprised me， but I found myself trying to get through it so I could get to the part that the plot synopsis promises of that urgent message from mom。 Part 2 picks up when that message finally arrives and as a short story or poem on its own， wow， I was moved。 It was a beautiful and heartbreaking portrait of a type of love and loss in a way I was not expecting and I'm glad I finished it。 I don't have much more to say about it without spoilers but it was worth getting through Part 1 to experience Part 2。 。。。more
Alexandra
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couldn’t even finish the whole thing my god the prose were annoying
Josefin Prautzsch
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Liest sich wie ein online Feed， unfassbar schöne Verwandlung im zweiten Teil， hat mich sehr bewegt
Margarida
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It's refreshing to read a story written by someone who actually understands （and embraces！） internet culture。 The first half will make you laugh， then wonder about the content you've posted to Twitter over the past 12 years， then stop laughing。。。 just in time for the reality check in part 2。 It's refreshing to read a story written by someone who actually understands （and embraces！） internet culture。 The first half will make you laugh， then wonder about the content you've posted to Twitter over the past 12 years， then stop laughing。。。 just in time for the reality check in part 2。 。。。more
Kate T
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I don’t know how to rank this book！ This book was written mostly from iPhone notes by the author and it really captures what it is like to be someone who is very into Twitter and online discourse and then coming to terms with when something so consuming in your life has no online discourse。 Interesting concept and very well-written， but I’m not sure I necessarily enjoyed reading it？
Geir Ertzgaard
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Jeg er virkelig usikker。 Dette har vært en unormalt krevende konsentrasjonsøvelsue på tross av korte avsnitt og ganske så enkelt， lyrisk og elokvent språk。 Jeg vet at det handler om livet i en portal， og om hvordan det er å leve i nærheten av noen som har barn med proteus-syndrom， et syndrom jeg aldri har betegnelsen på før， men som jeg har sett i den strålende filmen "Elefantmannen" med Anthony Hopkins。 Det litterære dilemmaet skal være gåten skjerm/virkelig liv og jeg forstår det gjennom konse Jeg er virkelig usikker。 Dette har vært en unormalt krevende konsentrasjonsøvelsue på tross av korte avsnitt og ganske så enkelt， lyrisk og elokvent språk。 Jeg vet at det handler om livet i en portal， og om hvordan det er å leve i nærheten av noen som har barn med proteus-syndrom， et syndrom jeg aldri har betegnelsen på før， men som jeg har sett i den strålende filmen "Elefantmannen" med Anthony Hopkins。 Det litterære dilemmaet skal være gåten skjerm/virkelig liv og jeg forstår det gjennom konsentrasjon。 Samtidig blir det springende， språklige hopp og sprett som jeg ofte liker hos andre forfattere， men som i denne innpakningen gjør at jeg mister nerven， det som skaper det dype engasjementet for hovedpersonene - helt til del to， hvor småbarnet med proteussyndromet tar over plassen som hovedperson - og da forstår jeg hvorfor andre liker dette så godt。 For min egen del ble det nok litt for spesielt， og flinkheten i den kreative utfoldelsen blir nettopp det: For flinkt。 。。。more
Hans Felten
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Very timely， albeit sporadic and jarring to follow along - but Patricia somehow gets the feeling across of reading through a incongruous twitter timeline， in book form。 Second half reminds you of the lacking importance of any given “viral/important” news clipping when contrasted with your real life challenges。 Very unique， but wouldn’t read again
Sanna Sjölund
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1。5No one should be talking about thisNej men det här varJag förstår idén och den var väl fin men jag vibeade verkligen inte med formatet， otroligt konstigtMen den får 1。5 för den var inte lika illa som världarnas krig eller processen
Esmé Boom
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3，5？ I find it very hard to review this book， because the first part annoyed me endlessly （if I want to experience the internet， I'll go on the internet） but the second part took me by surprise emotionally and put the first part into perspective as well: the emptiness of the endless scroll versus real， messy life full of hurt and love。 All in all not a pleasant reading experience for me， but a very memorable one。 Makes me want tot read Lockwoods memoir & poetry just to know a little more about h 3，5？ I find it very hard to review this book， because the first part annoyed me endlessly （if I want to experience the internet， I'll go on the internet） but the second part took me by surprise emotionally and put the first part into perspective as well: the emptiness of the endless scroll versus real， messy life full of hurt and love。 All in all not a pleasant reading experience for me， but a very memorable one。 Makes me want tot read Lockwoods memoir & poetry just to know a little more about her style。 。。。more
Eelke
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3，5
niv
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i am exhausted and drained after reading this book much like how you feel after scrolling on your phone first thing in the morning and i think that that is tiring but genius
Jen
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I have mixed feelings on this one。 It feels tailor-made for the modern mind: written as quick flashes， a word association game familiar to those of us immersed in the meme-ified world。 Then there’s a family tragedy， and while the style doesn’t fundamentally change， a single-minded purpose emerges。 The outward focus of the Very Online turns inward… or maybe a different kind of outward？ Do I have this reversed？ Anyway。I respected it fundamentally， but I struggled through it。 I was fighting the ten I have mixed feelings on this one。 It feels tailor-made for the modern mind: written as quick flashes， a word association game familiar to those of us immersed in the meme-ified world。 Then there’s a family tragedy， and while the style doesn’t fundamentally change， a single-minded purpose emerges。 The outward focus of the Very Online turns inward… or maybe a different kind of outward？ Do I have this reversed？ Anyway。I respected it fundamentally， but I struggled through it。 I was fighting the tendency to digest it in the same way I consume my Twitter feed—half read， barely considered… grazing as a kind of background noise for the mind。 But where my inattentive iPhone scrolling is appropriately lacking full attention， here I felt I was at risk of missing something… missing THE POINT。 And there is a lot of that here。 When I was tuned in， I couldn’t stop myself from dog-earing the pages of so many poignant little observations。 At the risk of torturing the metaphor， maybe that’s a better capture of the modern experience than I realized。 Overall， definitely one worth a re-read eventually。 And as a capture of the the modern world， I expect it will trigger nostalgic recognition someday—the decadent age as we walked into the Trump era。 。。。more
Keri Beth
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Two books in oneFirst part of book seemed removed from the second。 If you can make it through part one， part two flows better。
Zoe Nicholson
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Loved this book。 Confusing at parts， but grabs your attention。
Dylan
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Book 3 of 2022 Tournament of Books shortlistNo， thanks。 This book might have some interesting things to say about social media， the internet， whatever， but it has the most gratingly pretentious/edgy writing I've ever read， probably。 Book 3 of 2022 Tournament of Books shortlistNo， thanks。 This book might have some interesting things to say about social media， the internet， whatever， but it has the most gratingly pretentious/edgy writing I've ever read， probably。 。。。more
Martha☀
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This book made two things blatantly clear to me:1） I appreciate the use of proper nouns in fiction。 Were there any used in this experiment？2） I am not the intended audience because I am oldIf twitter is your go-to for 'news' and info-tainment， this book will suit you。 It is told in 280 character snippets， one seemingly unrelated to the next。 There are a lot of inside jokes and references that only those twitter aficionados between 2017 and 2019 will understand - meme references， fads and situati This book made two things blatantly clear to me:1） I appreciate the use of proper nouns in fiction。 Were there any used in this experiment？2） I am not the intended audience because I am oldIf twitter is your go-to for 'news' and info-tainment， this book will suit you。 It is told in 280 character snippets， one seemingly unrelated to the next。 There are a lot of inside jokes and references that only those twitter aficionados between 2017 and 2019 will understand - meme references， fads and situations that were trending for a few hours， people who became famous for an instant and then were forgotten。 If you don't twit or spend your waking hours online， 98% of this fiction will not make much sense。The gist seemed to be that young people are spending too much time online and missing out on real-life experiences and the strong feelings that accompany living a balanced life。 See - her whole message could have been a tweet after all。 。。。more
John
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This is a book of two parts， the first is the best description of the Internet in the 2010’s I have ever read and the second is a heart-wrenching story about a family caring for a terminally ill infant。 Dark， moving and at times absolutely hilarious， hard to describe but definitely recommend， if you are ready to be pushed a bit outside of a comfort zone。
Alejandro
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Just like the back of the book says， this is an unstable work。 It was really disorientating to read and more often than not I was asking myself if this was the kind of read I should have to wind down and relax。 It wasn't。I was not expecting this kind of text contained on a paperback。 The situation that Lockwood portrays， while very familiar on one level， felt completely random to me at first， simply because of this reader perspective。 I guess you do need some instruction or strong literary incli Just like the back of the book says， this is an unstable work。 It was really disorientating to read and more often than not I was asking myself if this was the kind of read I should have to wind down and relax。 It wasn't。I was not expecting this kind of text contained on a paperback。 The situation that Lockwood portrays， while very familiar on one level， felt completely random to me at first， simply because of this reader perspective。 I guess you do need some instruction or strong literary inclination to enjoy this book from the start。 Otherwise， it may take until the very end to actually understand "this"。 。。。more
Cristian
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