I tried to read Sally Rooney's "Beautiful World, Where Are You?" and couldn't make it even 50 pages. The pacing was odd. There was a giant expository dump that went at a break-neck speed and didn't give me a sense of who any of the characters were or why I should care about them.
Also, the entire paragraph about MAGA Republicans is *chef's kiss*. Love all that active language. 10/10. Also totally fucking done with them and the weird impulse for people to talk like Democrats are "just as bad."
I tried to read Sally Rooney's "Beautiful World, Where Are You?" and couldn't make it even 50 pages. The pacing was odd. There was a giant expository dump that went at a break-neck speed and didn't give me a sense of who any of the characters were or why I should care about them.
Also, the entire paragraph about MAGA Republicans is *chef's kiss*. Love all that active language. 10/10. Also totally fucking done with them and the weird impulse for people to talk like Democrats are "just as bad."
Excellent, as always. Re: the Atlantic article, I found this essay really interesting: https://open.substack.com/pub/cmsthomas/p/the-atlantic-did-me-dirty?r=3pc48&utm_medium=ios