![]() ![]() ![]() In the collection there’s old ideas interrogated with sharp wit, questioning of culturally held beliefs, and some serious callouts. One whose steam still feels like it is wafting off my pores. Indeed, the book feels like a warm shower of wokeness. If you’re looking for a book that will make you laugh, cry, and think, then “Trick Mirror” is highly recommended. Tolentino weaves together her personal experiences with cultural commentary in a way that feels effortless, and the result is a book that feels like a much-needed breath of fresh air. This book has thematic cohesion that is nothing short of masterful. In each essay, Jia writes about the cultural prisms that have shaped her: the rise of the nightmare social internet the American scammer as a millennial hero the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter the mandate that everything, including our bodies, should always be getting more efficient and beautiful until we die. ![]()
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