As with any essay collection, there were highs and lows. They weren’t all 5 star essays, but I loved the collection as a whole. The ones I liked were just so good they made up for it. I love her voice. She’s self aware in a relatable way, and just has a great way of putting sentences together. I underlined so many things in this book, and read this slowly just so I could think through each essay. I particularly enjoyed reading her thoughts on internet and performance, how the ideal woman is always optimizing, the scams this generation has had to deal with, the UVA rape article, and the “cult of the difficult woman.” It’s not that these topics are new to me, but that she frames things in a way that puts words to the things I haven’t quite been able to articulate. And there were some nuggets that called me out in a way I never thought about before.