i thought, wow is this the first incel novel??? before finding out that this was the internet’s general consensus lol. each character is so gross and will probably trigger my fight or flight irl but it also reads like someone having some kind of obvious cry for help online but you can’t look away because it makes such delicious gossip. like u feel guilty for liking it but you keep consuming their crisis as content anyways.
somehow it has the same vibes as rf kuang’s yellowface, but i couldn’t quite put my finger WHY, but if yellowface satirises the politics of race, rejection satirises the politics of sex. anyway again i thought this was an original thought then found a reddit thread literally comparing the two.
its so chronically online and so smutty, so the recommendation did NOT come from me (but u should definitely read it)
I mean look at these hilarious lines