Important and stunning read

Would highly recommend. Complex and realistic characters and beautifully written. Will read her other books :)

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Sensitive, thoughtful and important

Moor tackles sensitive and important matters whilst recognizing contexts, individuality, humanity... it's a great novel by the metrics of:

- gave me pause and reason for personal reflection
- characters were relatable/understandable crafts
- extremely sensitive management and storytelling
- I certainly wondered 'where was this all going?' and wanted to read more

I guess for me, a five star review would have this plus I would feel inspired or awed, or shocked - a deep impact. I didn't get that - I struggled with the main narrator, her narrative was uncomfortable for me, and whilst there was growth for her I suppose I felt dissatisfied?

I recommend the book to anyone as a fascinating and well observed perspective on important cultural issues.

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The best book of 2022

An incredible listen. It articulates beautifully and yet sensitively the relationships we have with each other, our friends, between some women and men and the uneven abusive power dynamics that are left to flourish within a broken system. I urge everyone to listen to this, it’s one of the most important and relevant books I’ve ever heard.

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Worthy, a bit laboured maybe

For a piece published after 2020 it feels a bit late to the party. Well composed but not a great listen. Story lines are a tad on the obvious side. Themes are a little laboured. I’m older now and find it sad to hear how painful young women’s experiences of interactions with men appear to be; how worthless men are in the main. Perhaps there is a little hope towards the end of the piece but mostly it’s a depressingly sad picture.

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A modern feminist story, no moralising though!

I love how YW illustrates there is no such thing as a perfect feminist, that friendship and solidarity are messy, imperfect things and that we all have regrets and things we wish we had managed differently. It’s not a moralising tale, it felt so real, like it was about people I knew! I was hooked

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Utterly dull.

Somehow managed to finish this book, which is an achievement in itself. The characters are thoroughly unlikeable. The main character is jaded and a try hard, at the ‘lost millennial in London trope’. The Canadian ‘actress’ has zero charisma for what is supposed to be an aspirational character. The most she has going for herself is her pink kimono.
This piece seems like it was written to publish yet another book for young women living the big life in London. Bad relationships. Bad friends. Terrible jobs - all the cliches have been ticked but creativity stayed far behind.

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Listenable but Quite an Irritating Listen

Unlikeable characters, weak plot, strained and overly pretentious dialogue. The most unbelievable part was her date giving her a second chance after she chewed him out for seeing a movie. Yes the director was a bad guy but doubtful any guy could be bothered with someone that intense. I could barely be bothered listening to her on her high horse. I will say on the whole it was listenable but I found myself growing very weary and skipped the last chapters. Tired story that doesn't effectively capture anything. Very try hard.

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