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Whoever You Are, Honey
Whoever You Are, Honey: A Novel | Olivia Gatwood
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What happens when what was once considered dystopia is now reality? This darkly brilliant debut novel explores how women shape themselves beneath the gaze of love, friendship, and the algorithmby a thrilling feminist voice for the age of AI. This book reads like a thriller, but it's also a tender and searching exploration of what it means to inhabit a female body.Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love Mitty cant quite make out the expression on Lenas face, but she doesnt look distressed. She looks like nothing at all. She looks like the beginning, before thoughts, a white hallway with no doors, a room so long your voice disappears before it can echo. On the Santa Cruz, California, waterfront, every house is a flawless glass monolith. Except for one. In a dilapidated bungalow, Mitty and her elderly roommate, Bethel, are the oddball pair who represent the last vestiges of a free-spirited town taken over by the tech elite. But their lives are about to be forever changed when a new couple, Sebastian and Lena, move in next door. Sebastian is a renowned tech founder and Lena is his spellbindingly perfect girlfriend. But Lena has secrets; she feels uneasy about her oddly spotty memory and is growing increasingly wary of the way Sebastian controls their relationship. Mitty is also hiding something, and the way Lena appears to float through her luxurious life draws Mitty inexorably into her orbit. As the two women begin to form a close friendship, they are finally forced to face their pastsand the urgent truths that could change everything. Showcasing Olivia Gatwoods talent as an essential author for our hyper-digital age, Whoever You Are, Honey is a gripping, seductive, and prescient novel that dissects relationships between women and examines how striving for perfection and desirability plays out in spaces where technology and power intersect.
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sarahbarnes
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It was fun to read this while in CA this week, even though I‘m closer to LA than Santa Cruz. Even so, there is something about the focus on bodies and beauty that feels amplified here in the perpetual sun and mild weather. I like how the book weaves together elements of feminism, sci-fi, thriller and Bildungsroman in subtle ways and leaves some things unanswered.

Cathythoughts Nice review, I have it stacked already 👍🏻😁 3w
BarbaraBB I had it stacked already. Sounds fun! Enjoy your time in CA ☀️ 3w
sarahbarnes @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB looking forward to hearing what you think of it! 😊 3w
Suet624 I‘ve been yearning for that California sunshine. 3w
sarahbarnes @Suet624 I‘ll admit it‘s nice to have an excuse to go out there to see my daughter. ☀️ 3w
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I really enjoyed this #aardvark pick! I loved the ambiguity and mysteriousness. Gatwood's poetry backgrounds shows in the beautiful language.

Twenty-some Mitty lives with an elderly family friend in Santa Cruz, California. A tech billionaire built a house next to their ramshackle one. She starts spying a bit on his girlfriend, but they quickly befriend each other. Still, there's something a bit off about Lena and her relationship.

youneverarrived Not heard of this one - sounds great though, stacking 🤍 5mo
squirrelbrain Love the cover! ❤️ 5mo
Ruthiella Also stacking. Sounds like my kind of off-kilter read! 5mo
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BarbaraBB Also stacking. Sound like my kind of book too! 5mo
Megabooks @youneverarrived @Ruthiella @BarbaraBB I think all of you would like it. It‘s our kind of off beat! 5mo
Megabooks @squirrelbrain yes! And I love what @AardvarkBookClub did with their symbol to match. 5mo
squirrelbrain Oh yes, I didn‘t notice that! 🤪🤦‍♀️ 5mo
AardvarkBookClub ☺️💕 5mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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My #aardvarkbookclub box took a slow ride but finally arrived today. I‘m ready for some more female rage!

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MaleficentBookDragon
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What a fun month for selections! These two sound intriguing. I‘ve never heard of either book or author so I‘m looking forward to an adventure.
The tagged book seems like it will fit right in with my “year of female rage” reading. 😁
I decided against I Was a Teenage Slasher. I want to love his books but they are hit or miss for me, mostly miss. They always sound fantastic but….
I could not bring myself to pay for it.
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ChaoticMissAdventures I read Teenage Slasher and I honestly didn't get it. He tries to mix genres and I don't think it worked, so I support skipping, even though I am the same I want to love his stuff. 6mo
Avanders 😍😍 6mo
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