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Worry by Alexandra Tanner

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poofymoi's review

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dark funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

really enjoyed this one. sad girl book but instead of romance/sex, it’s family and sisterhood. I loved the obsession with religion, politics, the internet, and conservatism. The dynamic between poppy, jules, and their mother is so quintessentially toxic and familiar — they want to become her so badly and also want nothing more than to avoid all she is, etc. Dead end jobs, mental health shit, feeling lost in life. All in all, a good read. Good character development (especially Jules’ self realizations). I would def recommend ! (Very similar to my other sad women books, but that’s not a bad thing).
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lcg527's review against another edition

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funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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localpeachthief's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

Sucked to a shocking degree.
The sisters are two of the most unlikable characters I've ever encountered. They're incredibly privileged but their lives are pathetic.  
I can't imagine writing this out and thinking other people would want to spend their time reading it.
Nobody grows, changes, or says anything interesting.
Finally their dog gets attacked and it just ends there.
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c1aud55n's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

 A lot of people seemingly loved the nothingness of this book, and while I tend to be a huge fan of plotless book I was not a fan of this one. Alexandra Tanner has no reason to change her style for me, but I definitely see glimpses of a writing style I could really enjoy one day. I loved the few glimpses of a theme I saw in this book, about depression and internet obsession. She placed us so solidly in 2019, during the Trump presidency and before Covid, and managed to say a lot without hitting us over the head with her messaging, but her main character never seemed to be internalizing this messaging or to be doing anything with it.

Earlier this month I read The Idiot by Elif Batuman. I really loved The Idiot while I have clearly come to despise Worry. I would sum up both of these books as being about "a depressed young woman doing nothing but still acting as a cultural critique for an entire novel."

The difference between Jules and Seline is that Seline's nothingness leaves her fundamentally changed at the end of the novel. While she was not proactive in changing herself the circumstances that she encounters in the book leave both the main character and the reader fundamentally changed. Jules does not go through any type of journey. She does not change and she does not learn. We never fully glimpse who she is at the beginning of the novel and a shock value ending robs us of seeing who she could become in the future.
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alysereadsbooks's review

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emotional funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The audiobook was so so funny, very depressed millennial core. It had a realistic interpretation of sisters. Very slice of life. Not sure I liked how it ended but I did enjoy it. 
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saanyakanwar's review

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dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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bookshark's review

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dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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bildungswalton's review against another edition

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dark funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Fucking terrible ending but overall very very good. Also the undiagnosed narcissistic mother was one of the most infuriating characters I’ve ever encountered.
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snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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fuguballoon's review

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Lost patience waiting for a plot that never came. The characters are realistic as far as how awful they are, but that doesn't make me want to spend time with them.
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