No One is Talking About This

Written By Miriam Hanna

No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

Reviewed by Mimi
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I understood what this book was trying to do but I must be honest, I didn't enjoy it. This book is written as an analysis of the online world with our protagonist being a well known online personality. She has access to something called the portal where all kinds of people and experiences are happening in her presence.

In the 2nd half of the book a family tragedy occurs and the clash between the online world and the real world is palpable. This book is written in short, sharp paragraphs and as a technique is an excellent way to demonstrate the fleetingness of the online world however, it really stopped me from getting into the novel and I found it to be a very broken up reading experience.

These sorts of novels can have real impact and force you to question what you have become very comfortable with. For me, it didn't really have that draw and pull. I didn't finish the book wanting to examine my online experience as much as I know others have when they finished reading it.

Miriam Hanna

Aka Mimi. I have known Linda for a very, very long time. We grew up together and you learn very quickly that when she gets an idea in her head, you would be an idiot not to back her to see it through. When the idea of the book club came up it was another lightbulb moment where I knew this wasn't only going to be a success but really fun.


I have always been a bookworm. Remember when you were little and you went shopping with your mum or dad and they gave you a toy or something to occupy yourself with whilst you were in the trolley? I used to get books to keep me quiet. They were and are my ultimate form of escapism and more and more they are about understanding who I am as a person. Books make me cry more than films and TV Shows. I can get lost for hours. I love historic fiction, political thrillers and gritty crime novels but also biographies and memoirs of people I find interesting like sportspeople. I was fortunate to be in the Harry Potter generation and if weren't for those books I don't know what I would have. Young literature was so poor at the point. To have a book that had me and my family queuing up at midnight to buy was seriously special.

Whether you listen to audio books, read off a kindle or stick to carrying around good old fashioned hard copies (that's me!) I truly believe reading is the best way to spend some time every day.


The books I would have with me on a desert island? 📚🏝Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Akzaban, Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

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