recommending this book to people is largely impossible so I'm grateful to have this platform lol
Vulture called it "the first great incel novel" but it's more than that. It's about shame and avoidance in the internet age and the extremes we reach when we suppress our desires.
I was thinking about this book for weeks afterwards and it really fucked me up
(in a good way)
May 30, 2025
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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
Mar 15, 2025
stories about some real desperate losers — it really is as good as everyone says !!!!! smartest book i’ve read in a long time. saying i was completely fucking gagged is an understatement
Nov 28, 2024
a self indulgent gross out comedy in literature form
I had a good time
Dec 14, 2024
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ytch.xyz
- show you random youtube channels and let's you click through like you're watching an old television
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- a search engine that isn't algorithmic, shows you niche search results that would typically be pushed to the bottom of other engines
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- tons and tons of scanned and archived magazines spanning over 50 years
- recommend checking out High Times very fun and oh so 70's
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