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kind of forgettable except that one highlight I made; I guess it's the worst sedaris book I've listened to so far but nothing he writes is bad so :) I still liked it; didn't expect it to be this short usually they're longer

Alexandra is such a hater 🙄 she really b considering herself “not like the other girls” because she doesn’t wear short shorts; writing style is super weird I feel like it wasn’t translated well; the story is super plot driven which can be ok sometimes but the characters are so badly developed I’m cringing; might dnf if it doesn’t get better I’ll get to at least 30% first

how does this guy remember his entire life

don't like the way this book was organized it felt like there was no structure and she was just spewing THOUGHTS; anyway much to learn felt good that I could link it to stuff I've learned in science and history; nice of her to give a platform to anti vaxxers and try to make them not seem like complete idiots but it didn't work so...yeah; not particularly special, I'll remember certain parts and forget the rest

this lady’s voice is boring

am I supposed to rate this based on enjoyment or how deep it was :| anyway it wasn't that enjoyable but the themes were ... cool; not excited to write an essay about this but I'll try my best? the end was depressing I didn't even like Gatsby but wow :( still think he deserved better; maybe I'm just comparing him to the other horrible characters maybe he still sucks idk; I'll give it that neutral rating :)

I'll probably try some of the strategies that he reccomended when I can actually go out; also it was obviously targeted towards people with more control over their lives lol I can't go out and socialize and build shiz with my current...lack of mobility; it seemed pretty well researched and was written in a really simple way that was easy to comprehend which I appreciate

there were a lot of helpful suggestions about how to minimize technology use and why it's good for you I like the replacements he talked about a lot like learning practical skills and going on walks even though they seemed kind of simple/obvious; I might go back to this book in the future; I don't think the current...conditions? are right for most of the things he suggests in the book

whose idea was it to ship gatsby and nick :/

wow that was a lot ok so stuff about not using the like button, go on walks without music, solitude is important to be happy, craft is a meaningful source of leisure, have office hours for when you’re reachable, reclaim face-to-face conversation, leave your phone at home, make time to be alone uhh that’s all I remember 😳

apparently millennials and gen z are depressed because theyre addicted to technology 🥳✌️

WHEN YOU CAN LINK IT TO AP EURO, APAH, APES, AND CORONA WOW I FEEL SO BIG BRAIN IT’S ALL CONNECTED

tmw when antivaxxers are being protected by vaccinated people smh

we literally just had a unit in apes about toxicology :)) wow all the knowledge is tying together so exciting

I no longer find trouble taking a nap; all I need to do is pick up informative nonfiction and read for 15 minutes

just gonna summarize what he said so far; basically he said that people need to limit their technology usage to apps that align with their morals and provide the most benefits; other stuff about how the time that social media takes out of our lives isn't worth the benefits because there's more meaningful stuff we could be doing; vv easy to read + like how it's organized

wow cindy was right when she said the ending of this book sucked; the beginning was so much better than the last 40% smh; the whole plotline got lost on me near the end honestly I just didn't care anymore because it felt so dragged out; I guess it's a parallel to her life?? I really wanted to give this 4 stars but :) yeah the ending was just that bad; beginning slaps though; maybe 3.5 stars

bruh

don't be a beach daisy :(

ironically I didn’t like part 4 even though it was the only section that didn’t have the stupid flashbacks; didn’t vibe that hard with this part, 3 was better and had me hyped to pick it up again but :( idk I just feel like nothing happened except explaining Henry’s backstory and I don’t even care about him so ... yeah move on already

I’m really about to leave myself on a cliffhanger :( but also this is a good stopping point so I’ll just FORCE myself to stop for the satisfaction; pacing be slow but honestly I like the literary feel 👀 literary with good writing always HITS

this one line where she psychoanalyzes him because she’s “good at reading people” and he gets all uncomfortable because it’s ToO CLosE tO tHe tRuTh is such a cliche omg SCHWAB why did you do this :( ugh you’re not supposed to be cringey

CHAPTER 5 IS VERY QUOTABLE

cotton schwab really went off with the writing ok ok 👀👀 the 2014 parts are way better than the flashbacks; pretty solid so far; I’ve seen a lot of reviews about how it’s really slow and “nothing happens” and honestly I see it already; not mad at it though? we’ll see

GIMME THE GOOD STUFF COTTOM SCHWAB

I stand by what I said about the writing and the characters--both were awful; this book wasn't good enough to not read during Christmas smh I overhyped it; the whole plot was kind of predictable except for the part about Ethan being made up; I'm gonna forget the entire plot after a month; the last half was better than the first half, might have to think for a while about the rating

these are the shallowest characters I've read about since ... since you've been gone by morgan matson?? this is so INTENSELY ya; I don't even mind ya most of the time but dang where is the personality; not really the best book to read weeks after christmas but :/ I'm trying to pretend I'm still in the mood; the relationship is extremely shallow but is also keeping me going because the rest isn't great

this is so cheesy; reminds of from lukov with love; could be on wattpad

I am so mad I didn’t read this during Christmas but 2 weeks later is fine I guess 😡