As others pointed out, I also noticed straight away the MANY similarities between the main character Eartha and author Florence.

the fact that nobody would go viral and stay popular for long for coming out as bisexual aside- i actually think that this book has committed worse crimes; it’s terribly written and the epitome of white queer feminism. It has to be said though that this is also a breezy, fast read, and the unlikeable protagonist carries the over-construed story pretty well. moving on from the terrible bisexual representation i once again wanna talk about the scene where eartha is at a gay club using british slang, asking for a fag and some queer women tells her that she’s right there and then the narrative puts emphasis on the fact that she’s butch and therefore can reclaim the f slur for gay men. Es passte so gut, dass mir erst im Nachhinein auffiel, dass das nicht so im englischen Original stehen kann.Florence was handed the keys to the kingdom here and yet, this book was undoubtedly one of the worst things I’ve ever read. I couldn't connect with any of the other characters though, I didn't feel any emotion towards them, I didn't feel drawn into their story lines.

She grew up in Plymouth and attended London College of Fashion, after which she went on to pursue art and writing. To be fair, I think it’s really hard to get any kind of literature about social media or cancel culture tonally right (and I’d credit Patricia Lockwood’s novel No One Is Talking About This and Porpentine’s longform essay Hot Allostatic Load as the only examples that I think truly work). The second half is also much darker, but I felt that was necessary to explore social media toxicity.

The heart of it is social media and it’s effects, with her bisexual awakening tacked on as a side story.