Girlcrush: The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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Florence Given is a bestselling feminist author, award-winning podcaster and illustrator based in London. Girlcrush would work well as a limited series, especially if we get to know more about Rose, Mona and Phaedra too. I’ve followed Florence Given’s account on my personal Instagram for quite a few years now and, to me, the first part of this novel felt almost like a fictionalized autobiography of her trajectory to fame on Instagram. Man muss in einer bestimmten Stimmung sein, um dieses Buch zu mögen, ich hatte aber das Glück, dieses Buch in genau dem richtigen Moment gefunden zu haben.

This author has tried to do something pretty wonderful; use their voice to promote feminism, queerness, bisexuality and show us that social media is detrimental to our health and well-being… and that the world is still controlled by men. It's all fine though because (SPOILERS) in the last chapter of the book, Eartha posted such an epic rant about the head of Wonderland (the metaverse) that she somehow destroyed the company and maybe capitalism altogether. Every now and then there was "Directors Notes" sections which was so strange and added absolutely nothing to the book other than making it feel like a weird half script half book. for a near future dystopian to work i actually need to understand the context of which it is taking place. The extent to which the book’s characters – who are almost all young people, in their 20s – are constantly plugged into Wonderland and form their views of people and the world on there, is a little extreme but honestly doesn’t feel that far into the realm of science fiction.

I get what it was trying to do, and the issues it attempted to tackle are definitely important ones, but I didn’t feel they were handled as best as they could been at all. And the exact media economy that’s supposed to reassure young people ends up making them believe that they should already have all the answers. ACT Contact / FAQ About Events / Videos Merch / Subs Sign in/up Girlcrush Florence Given More by this author.

It's a kind of rags-to-unexpected-riches-to-devastating-realisation-back-to-older-wiser-rags type tale, almost 18th century in progression, except set in a thoroughly modern, even slightly futuristic world where life online is even more all consuming than we know it now. Florence was handed the keys to the kingdom here and yet, this book was undoubtedly one of the worst things I’ve ever read.This book is out now in both hardback and paperback, so if you’re curious, you should definitely grab yourself a copy. I’m not talking about the queer and bisexual representation, nor the near future setting (please don’t let voice notes become a future thing). Also, as someone who has gone viral on the internet many times myself, the statistics in this book are all wrong. Erst im Juni habe ich mein erstes Buch der Autorin gelesen, die dafür ja auch sehr gehyped wurde: "Frauen schulden dir gar nichts. Although I appreciated the bi representation, it was quite messy and honestly just a bit depressing.

As others pointed out, I also noticed straight away the MANY similarities between the main character Eartha and author Florence. In Given’s debut novel, we follow Eartha on a wild, weird and seductive modern-day exploration as she commences life as an openly bisexual woman whilst also becoming a viral sensation on Wonder Land, a social media app where people project their dream selves online.This book had it’s an emotional and relatable moments, but those are buried under scenes that just weren’t great. She's been friends with Rose (a non binary lesbian who has slept with every woman in the city) since high school. The only part of this book that felt genuine was Eartha's experiences with the darker side of social media. She then attracted masses of Instagram followers with her bright illustrations and pop feminist phrases. as i already said earlier, this book weirdly equated the struggle of not being seen as queer enough in your own community with the struggle of having to live in a society that is deeply violently and verbally homophobic.

Given just wanted too much here, and she could not deliver on the narrative control it takes to make such an ambitious project work. As a bisexual woman I found it littered with biphobia and severe problems around identity, femininity, masculinity and many issues catered towards our non binary siblings too. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. These give a cinematic direction to how the scene is progressing, which is sometimes in direct opposition to what the text suggests.Halfway in everything seemed a bit rushed, thoughts/storylines not completely finished, wishie washie. It’s not one that I’m sure I’d reread, but if it’s one you’ve been curious about, I would suggest checking it out and seeing what you think. So it doesn’t really seem like personal development when, thankfully for the planet (and the plot), she finally dumps the Frankenmisogynist a few chapters in. The storyline became repetitive and boring and I ended up completely skipping the last 40 pages because I couldn’t be bothered with Eartha and her flapping about.