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A review by v1rgo
So Sad Today: Personal Essays by Melissa Broder
2.5
some parts of this were good but overall it just felt like it was missing a lot. i try to not let my opinion of someone influence how i rate a memoir, but in this case, it was so hard not to do because the author just felt so unaware of herself as a person in the world. not as a person, just as someone who connects with other people (if it's in a non-romantic way). i've heard about the lena dunham memoir (unfortunately!) n it reminded me of this bc ppl also said this ab that one. the fact that only like a few things were explored also made a few essays super redundant. maybe she should've waited a few more years to write this one. i don't know.
anyways, i just sort of read this because i remember on stan twitter when i was a teenager you'd retweet a bunch of tweets from this account and spam your tl to signal how sad you were so people would DM you. and this account always made me cringe lol. i've had it muted for years.
in interviews, i've seen people ask her about the whole internet incorporation in her writing and paint it as something super original when... it. kind of isn't. i mean this in the sense of, this is just how anyone who uses the internet talks. the way she uses internet lingo isn't especially unique. me and my friends were doing similar stuff, but we were too young to write books. or to be taken seriously. she's a good writer, but i just don't think that that internet incorporation is especially unique. if you write and are active on the internet, that's how you are.
and this is just annoying but i hate how often she said p*ssy (censoring bc idk if storygraph lets u swear). it's like she just found out that word existed yesterday. so weird. sky ferreira should release that new album instead of promoing this lady. maybe this woman's fiction is better; i don't know.
also i was Not a fan of that one rape joke and the weird fatphobia and the i'm white and feel bad woe is me thing but also casually mentioning your cleaning lady (so she grew up RICH) but like never examining that. if you're going to write a memoir, you have to be willing to dig deep into everything, not just one part of your life i feel. this was disappointing. i thought it would be a bit more insightful but whatever.
anyways, i just sort of read this because i remember on stan twitter when i was a teenager you'd retweet a bunch of tweets from this account and spam your tl to signal how sad you were so people would DM you. and this account always made me cringe lol. i've had it muted for years.
in interviews, i've seen people ask her about the whole internet incorporation in her writing and paint it as something super original when... it. kind of isn't. i mean this in the sense of, this is just how anyone who uses the internet talks. the way she uses internet lingo isn't especially unique. me and my friends were doing similar stuff, but we were too young to write books. or to be taken seriously. she's a good writer, but i just don't think that that internet incorporation is especially unique. if you write and are active on the internet, that's how you are.
and this is just annoying but i hate how often she said p*ssy (censoring bc idk if storygraph lets u swear). it's like she just found out that word existed yesterday. so weird. sky ferreira should release that new album instead of promoing this lady. maybe this woman's fiction is better; i don't know.
also i was Not a fan of that one rape joke and the weird fatphobia and the i'm white and feel bad woe is me thing but also casually mentioning your cleaning lady (so she grew up RICH) but like never examining that. if you're going to write a memoir, you have to be willing to dig deep into everything, not just one part of your life i feel. this was disappointing. i thought it would be a bit more insightful but whatever.