trick mirror reflections on self delusion

4 of these essays were essentially just saying things everyone knows by quoting/rearranging/summarising a lot of secondary sources - very lukewarm takes on feminism and modern life that don't provoke thought as much as make you go 'yeah lol'. I think there really is an inherent difference between the kind of writing you do for the Internet (thinkpieces, cultural criticism tied to news cycles and more importantly to deadlines) vs the kind of writing that deserves to be printed into a book. Which is funny because I used to get kind of annoyed at the way she would unnecessarily drop in details about her life into unrelated articles à la girl-who-went-to-Barthelona. but only like 3 of the essays in here were good: the ones where she reflects on her own life. The New York Times.I feel awful terrible giving such a low review because i was so so so excited for this to the point where I refused to read any press so I could have a pure unmediated experience. ^ 'Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction'.' 'Trick Mirror' Finds Hope That Little Truths Will Emerge Amid Absurdities'. 'Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino review – on self-delusion'. 'Jia Tolentino's Debut Is a Hall of Mirrors You'll Never Want to Leave'.

^ 'Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion'.

įor the week of August 25, 2019, Trick Mirror debuted on The New York Times Bestseller List at #2 in the category Combined Print & E-Book Non-Fiction. One highly critical review, written by Lauren Oyler for the London Review of Books, received much publicity and generated so much online traffic that the London Review of Books website crashed. In their review, Kirkus Reviews compared Tolentino to Joan Didion and described the collection as 'exhilarating, groundbreaking essays that should establish Tolentino as a key voice of her generation.' Writing for Slate, reviewer Laura Miller called Tolentino 'a classical essayist along the lines of Montaigne.' The Guardian called Trick Mirror 'a bold and playful collection of essays from a hugely talented writer.' NPR's Vincent Acovino called the collection 'phenomenal' and praised Tolentino's 'trademark brand of freewheeling wit and intelligence.' The collection received mostly 'Positive' reviews, according to the online literary review aggregator Book Marks. The Story of a Generation in Seven Scams.Tolentino selected the order of the essays so that each 'builds' on the previous one. Before the sale of the book to a publisher, Tolentino chose a 'question' to address in each essay. Tolentino began writing the collection in early 2017 and finished it in the fall of 2018.

Topics addressed in the essays include internet culture, 'scammer culture', and contemporary feminism. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion is a 2019 book by American author Jia Tolentino.

Trick mirror reflections on self delusion