No One Is Talking About This
A Novel
by Patricia Lockwood
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“I just finished @TriciaLockwood’s newest book. I love it with my heart & normal people are also loving it & nominating it for awards. Now you read it: | I loved Patricia Lockwood's novel! It's really two books in one and the first one is the smartest thing about social media I've ever read and the second one is even better. | My favorite books I read in 2022: Immortal King Rao by @vauhinivara No One Is Talking About This by @TriciaLockwood Everything I Never Told You by @pronounced_ing All This Could Be Different by @smathewss Sea of Tranquility by @EmilyMandel”
Source →“I just finished @TriciaLockwood’s newest book. I love it with my heart & normal people are also loving it & nominating it for awards. Now you read it: | I loved Patricia Lockwood's novel! It's really two books in one and the first one is the smartest thing about social media I've ever read and the second one is even better. | My favorite books I read in 2022: Immortal King Rao by @vauhinivara No One Is Talking About This by @TriciaLockwood Everything I Never Told You by @pronounced_ing All This Could Be Different by @smathewss Sea of Tranquility by @EmilyMandel”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Jack Edwards and Rob Delaney
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Should I read this?
Starts as a razor-sharp, fragmentary account of life inside social media’s noise: quick, funny, aphoristic bursts that mimic scrolling. The most useful part is the language — witty, often startling lines that name the strangeness of attention culture. The main limitation is form and tone: chapters are episodic, then pivot into a quiet, grief-focused section that can feel like a different book; readers who want a linear plot or steady pacing may find the shifts jarring and the repetition tiring.
Read this if...
- •a social-media manager at a small nonprofit trying to explain why metrics feel hollow — useful because the prose supplies memorable language and scenes about the etiquette and pressure of the 'portal'.
- •an early-career writer studying voice and compressed lyricism — useful because sentence-level risks and punchy imagery offer concrete examples of inventive prose.
- •a frequent social media user who wants fiction that mirrors scrolling overload — useful because the book reproduces the rhythm, jokes, and vertigo of constant feeds.
Skip this if...
- •you'll likely put it down when the portal passages fragment into aphorisms and the narrative refuses to cohere; if you prefer clear plot momentum, this is a slog.
- •annoying if you prefer even pacing or character-driven realism, since the sudden, long grief section changes tempo and may feel like a different book.
- •not for readers wanting hands-on guidance or exercises — no exercises, and the prose prioritizes lyricism over practical explanation.
As this urgent, genredefying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms "the portal," where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast chorus of voices is ...
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Reading Specifications
Difficulty:hard
Audience Fit
- a social-media manager at a small nonprofit trying to explain why metrics feel hollow — useful because the prose supplies memorable language and scenes about the etiquette and pressure of the 'portal'.
- an early-career writer studying voice and compressed lyricism — useful because sentence-level risks and punchy imagery offer concrete examples of inventive prose.
- a frequent social media user who wants fiction that mirrors scrolling overload — useful because the book reproduces the rhythm, jokes, and vertigo of constant feeds.
- you'll likely put it down when the portal passages fragment into aphorisms and the narrative refuses to cohere; if you prefer clear plot momentum, this is a slog.
- annoying if you prefer even pacing or character-driven realism, since the sudden, long grief section changes tempo and may feel like a different book.
- not for readers wanting hands-on guidance or exercises — no exercises, and the prose prioritizes lyricism over practical explanation.
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Fantasy and Fiction.
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Rob Delaney
“I just finished @TriciaLockwood’s newest book. I love it with my heart & normal people are also loving it & nominating it for awards. Now you read it: | I loved Patricia Lockwood's novel! It's really two books in one and the first one is the smartest thing about social media I've ever read and the second one is even better. | My favorite books I read in 2022: Immortal King Rao by @vauhinivara No One Is Talking About This by @TriciaLockwood Everything I Never Told You by @pronounced_ing All This Could Be Different by @smathewss Sea of Tranquility by @EmilyMandel”
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