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In all seriousness though, I am entertained. Conroe writes a highly believable contemporary millennial guy. For me it's similar to the other writers of "now" that I've read, but from a male perspective. See: Raven Leilani, Ottessa Moshfegh, Melissa Broder, Halle Butler, Naoise Dolan. There's something similar happening here. Conroe's narrator is insufferable, but he must be getting at something here...

I picked up this book without any knowledge of the controversy surrounding it, and without reading any Goodreads reviews. This book is obviously about a miserable, self absorbed millennial guy I dated in my BFA writing program, right? The guy who had all the support behind him, the money, the intelligence, and sneered at everyone? Who thought he was above writing, even though he was a writer? Oh wait...