I picked this book because Angela Collier recommended it in one of her videos. She called the main character "so pathetic" and this I can definitely agree with. The MC is pathetic, she's naive, angry, borderline self-destructive. At times I felt sorry for her - genuinely pitied her when she brought up her powerlessness against the sexist, racist system we all live in, sympathized with her longing for freedom and autonomy - but then she would always turn around and do something truly awful that made her seem repulsive to me.

This itself isn't a bad thing - nasty as she was, she was a well-written character. But apart from the times when she was saying insightful, honest things about race, class, and gender, I just couldn't relate; worse yet, I couldn't care. Her obsession with the handful of meaningless Instagram celebrities was incomprehensible to me, just like her frustration with them. They present no worth, they're fake deep, why do you pay so much attention to them? Just leave them alone, you're wasting your time. We should all be ignoring them instead. 

The most pathetic thing about her was, obviously, her "relationship" with the man she wanted. It was just too long. All that was to be said about the situation was said early on and there really wasn't anything to add, but the story just kept going, not adding anything new. 

I'm actually really interested to see what else Sheena Patel has in stock, but overall this book wasn't great.