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No One Is Talking About This Paperback – January 6, 2022

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This is a story about a life lived in two halves.

It's about what happens when real life collides with the world accessed through a screen.

It's about where we go when existential threats loom and high-stakes reality claims us back.

It's about living in world that contains both an abundance of proof that there is goodness, empathy, and justice in the universe, and a deluge of evidence to the contrary.

Irreverent and sincere, poignant and delightfully profane, No One Is Talking About This is a meditation on love, language and human connection from one of the most original voices of our time.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 6, 2022
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ International Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 210 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1526629771
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526629777
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.04 x 0.71 x 7.8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Patricia Lockwood is the author of four books, including the 2021 novel "No One Is Talking About This," an international bestseller, finalist for the Booker Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and translated into 20 languages. Her 2017 memoir "Priestdaddy" won the Thurber Prize for American Humor and was named one of the Guardian's 100 best books of the 21st century. She also has two poetry collections, "Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals" (2014) and "Balloon Pop Outlaw Black" (2012). Lockwood's work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the London Review of Books, where she is a contributing editor. She lives in Savannah, Georgia.

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Customers find the book thought-provoking, with one review highlighting its insightful take on social media. The writing style receives mixed reactions, with some finding it lovely while others find it challenging to read. Moreover, the story receives mixed feedback, with some describing it as a beautiful but tragic family drama while others note its lack of plot. Additionally, customers find the book heartbreaking and difficult to follow.

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19 customers mention "Thought provoking"16 positive3 negative

Customers find the book thought-provoking, with one customer particularly appreciating its insightful take on social media.

"...Half is a very online brained explosion and the other half is a grounded and beautiful but tragic family drama. Beautifully done...." Read more

"...It all feels easy, a little lazy, very self-referential, a low-key mix of vanity/narcissism and twee cultural criticism in which she offers up her..." Read more

"...I didn't love this book, but I appreciate how well she captures our cultural malaise online. I liked Jenny Offills book Weather a tad bit better...." Read more

"...written in a style that's supposed to evoke twitter, entirely on the topic of things on twitter, and with a conviction that twitter, or at least..." Read more

45 customers mention "Writing style"23 positive22 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the writing style of the book, with some praising its lovely prose and paragraph stories, while others find it simply unreadable.

"Stunning writing from an author who clearly knows her way with poetic language...." Read more

"...events in the 2nd half and I just couldn’t, due to the fragmented nature of the writing...." Read more

"...Patricia Lockwood is a very skilled writer for sure, and the narrative is unbelievably original...." Read more

"...I found this book really hard to follow and read. The second half gets better, with the poignant story about the baby...." Read more

31 customers mention "Humor"20 positive11 negative

Customers have mixed reactions to the humor in the book, with some finding it sharply funny and witty, while others describe it as disappointing.

"Stunning writing from an author who clearly knows her way with poetic language...." Read more

"...Oh yes, well written, Bravo for skill. Bummerish in the extreme, fractured, and all in all, clever, but I look for books I can sink into -- I..." Read more

"...This author is talented at writing sentences that are witty, sometimes very funny, and even poetic...." Read more

"...Grass—a whiff of confession, a colloquial swaying through easy talk, some humor, lots of lists and links and professions of AUTHENTICITY...." Read more

27 customers mention "Story length"13 positive14 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the story length of the book, with some finding it emotionally affecting and describing it as a beautiful but tragic family drama, while others complain about its brevity and lack of plot.

"...brained explosion and the other half is a grounded and beautiful but tragic family drama. Beautifully done...." Read more

"...So many words, so little story! I have more to say, but the preceding is ugly enough already...." Read more

"...The second half gets better, with the poignant story about the baby...." Read more

"...goes on far too long, is about nothing except this, the pointless superficiality of life in the 'portal.'..." Read more

14 customers mention "Heartbreaking"9 positive5 negative

Customers have mixed reactions to the emotional content of the book, with several finding it heartbreaking, while one customer describes it as unexpectedly emotional.

"...I grew to love Lockwood because of her great good heart as she suffers and commemorates and praises and loves...." Read more

"...based on an event in the author's sister's life, is almost unbearable in its sadness, though still written in short bursts...." Read more

"...It’s unique, wild, personally challenging, witty, and unexpectedly emotional...." Read more

"...Her musings are alternatively sharp and humorous, sad and poetic. The author combines improbable words together, creating sentences that bite...." Read more

10 customers mention "Difficulty to follow"1 positive9 negative

Customers find the book difficult to follow and struggle to get into it.

"...The early part was frenetic, disjointed, saturated with information, but so too is how I spend my time attached to the internet, jumping websites,..." Read more

"...It is the weirdest book. I really struggled to get into it." Read more

"...I didn’t like the stop and go style. It made it very difficult for me to get into. It felt like two completely different books forced into one...." Read more

"...half, about the portal, is made of disconnected fragments and really hard to get into...." Read more

8 customers mention "Pacing"2 positive6 negative

Customers find the pacing of the book negative, with several noting that the narrative is not cohesive enough, while one customer describes it as disjointed and made of disconnected fragments.

"...those I might find on the internet, but this book was just not cohesive enough for me...." Read more

"...The early part was frenetic, disjointed, saturated with information, but so too is how I spend my time attached to the internet, jumping websites,..." Read more

"...Laugh out loud, cry out loud, rage out loud...." Read more

"...Oh yes, well written, Bravo for skill. Bummerish in the extreme, fractured, and all in all, clever, but I look for books I can sink into -- I..." Read more

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I am completely in love with this book. As soon as I finished, I went right back to the beginning to read it again. AND it somehow got even better the second time! The narrator divides this book into two distinct halves. The first part is like a stream of consciousness of tidbits of the narrator’s life and her observations. She’s vaguely internet/content creator famous and is touring around the world speaking to groups of fans. The second half begins immediately when our narrator receives the phone call that something was wrong with her niece. From that point on everything revolves around her family and her life quickly adjusts accordingly. Lockwood captures the disorienting nature of grief and caregiving so specifically in this book. It truly divides your life in half - before the thing and after the thing. Like the title says, you just want to scream, “No one is talking about this!!” This is a heavy book in many ways, but Lockwood still provides us with her trademark humor. There are so many fun observations that make you highlight the passage and holler, “IT ME!” This is a weird and wonderful book that I can already tell you will be on the top of my backlist reads for 2022. 🙌🏼
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  • sara b.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for online brain rotted baddies
    Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2025
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    Stunning writing from an author who clearly knows her way with poetic language. Half is a very online brained explosion and the other half is a grounded and beautiful but tragic family drama. Beautifully done. It's already a kind of time capsule of internet days gone by.
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  • K.C. Finn
    4.0 out of 5 stars Smart but challenging read
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    I heard great things about this book, and was excited to read it. Major points for creativity here, and I understand why people rave about the book, but I personally found it a little difficult to read. Patricia Lockwood is a very skilled writer for sure, and the narrative is unbelievably original. I would recommend to anyone who's up for a challenge with big rewards.
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  • Patti
    3.0 out of 5 stars did not like the format
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2023
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    This book might be perfect for readers with a short attention span, but the format turned me off. The first half of the book is a series of social media witticisms, and, if that’s what I wanted to read, then I would read witticisms on social media. Granted, the author’s witticisms are way funnier and thought-provoking than those I might find on the internet, but this book was just not cohesive enough for me. The first-person unnamed narrator is a woman who posts pointed ruminations on “the portal” and travels the world for speaking engagements. The subject of these speeches was a mystery to me, but I assumed that she was sharing with her audience more comic observations about social media and that people were willing to pay to hear this stuff. The second half of the book deals with a real-life tragedy that starkly contrasts with the first half’s twitter posts, if that’s what they are. I foolishly hoped that the format of the novel would become more traditional in the second half, but no such luck, and I felt like the format diluted the content. I recognize that the author has an important message to deliver about what really matters versus the barrage of trivialities that we consume on the internet. I just wish that she had stated her case without making me read it as a series of twitter-like snippets.
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  • C. Langwell
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book steamrolled me.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2021
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    This book steamrolled me. The gorgeous prose. The creative layout. The content, and then when the sh*t hits the fan... I did not expect to love this book as much as I did, and now I can't stop thinking about it.

    First things first, the layout. It's written in paragraph stories, some appearing almost random, and many of them pointing to the lead character's obsession with "the portal," which is basically Facebook. The form takes some getting used to, but it serves the book well, especially when you keep reading, and some of those seemingly random paragraphs show up later, and you know exactly what she's talking about - and it ties it all together.

    Btw, none of the characters have names. They are referred to as she, he, her sister, her sister's husband, etc. You will know who the author is referring to throughout.

    The first half of the book speaks loudly of where we are as a society, the political mess we've been wading through, the distinct differences in belief systems, and overall, our obsession with social media and how it's cast us into this controlled hive mind. And if it kept going on this train, I was all aboard and enjoying the ride, and totally seeing the truth in what I was reading.

    And then, everything changed.

    I won't spoil what happened, but let's just say it was traumatic, and absolutely fit into the direction the story was leading us, and suddenly I'm reading with my hand at my throat, unable to look away, and fighting tears through many parts of the book (and losing).

    Remember, the book is written in paragraph stories. The fact that this book could affect me so much and it's written this way just goes to show how brilliant it is. The main character went through a major change from beginning to end. By the time I was done reading, I was changed, too.

    I always read the author's notes at the end of books, and in reading them, I believe this was based on a true story. If it is, I am so sorry. And I also thank the author for sharing a piece of her life with us in what obviously was devastating and unfair. I am truly touched by this story, real or not.
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  • Joseph J. Truncale
    4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting continuation of a thoughtful memoir from a talented writer.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2022
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    My personal voracious reading passions usually are of a different genre; however, after reading this author’ first book (Priest Daddy) which I loved, I decided to also read this 210-page soft cover volume (No one is talking about this by Patricia Lockwood), which I purchased on Amazon.

    This author is talented at writing sentences that are witty, sometimes very funny, and even poetic. When I first began reading this book I was not impressed; however, as I kept reading this two-part volume, I was compelled to finish the book as I became more intrigued by each paragraph. This book continues in her poetic memoir writing style, as she relates her many experiences and a range of emotions in this volume.

    In conclusion, I liked this book very much, but did not love it. If you are a fan of this poet/writer, you should check out this book.
    Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Zen Poetry Moments: Haiku and Senryu for special occasions).
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  • Pbsmas
    5.0 out of 5 stars As advertised
    Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2025
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  • Luke Young
    5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest book I’ve read in a while
    Reviewed in Mexico on February 12, 2022
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    I lol’d several times reading this. And was loved along the way. This is a book that stuck with me long after I finished. I still think about it often. I loved it!
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  • Carolina Quito
    3.0 out of 5 stars Hard but interesting
    Reviewed in France on December 1, 2022
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    Is hard to read and to understand the style, but it's quite interesting at the end.
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  • Georgie Cassar
    1.0 out of 5 stars All over the place!
    Reviewed in Australia on July 19, 2024
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    Too hard to follow the unending random thoughts going through the main character's mind. Checked the last part of the book to see if it would stop and it was still going in the same style.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Read it
    Reviewed in Spain on June 14, 2021
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    Just that. As soon as I finish this review, I’ll read it again. I don’t have much else to say. Read it.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Gift
    Reviewed in Canada on December 23, 2021
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    A gift for a very close friend. She was thrilled.
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