Bad Influence: The buzzy debut memoir about growing up online

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I love the subjectivity of books, the way each reader has a different relationship with the characters or sees things in a different way. The idea of becoming a homeowner, or having a wedding, or even being able to afford a family, feels so far in the distant future, that it’s hard to grasp how ruminating in the dim glow of your laptop screen is going to make any difference. rounded up - really like Oenone and her writing style, but I‘ve knocked off some stars as not sure I enjoy the hybrid ‘social-commentary-turned-memoir’ genre that much.

Well, we’ll never be in our twenties in Ibiza again,” I whispered inwardly, before trying, “We had ‘ girl dinner’ last night” (a smorgasbord of sliced cheese, canned olives, tinned anchovies and aioli from the local supermarket). Thankfully, I finished the 52nd book on New Years Eve lay on a charpai in the midday warmth of a winter’s day in my nani’s garden in Kashmir. Having read 52 books in 2021, I definitely like different parts of my brain were being engaged not just whilst reading but in conversation, thinking and writing when I was reading a wide-range of books compared to when I wasn’t.Like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, comfortable adulthood - the one without a landlord, or an overdraft, or the impending sense of doom, is starting to feel like a myth.

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