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    The Subtweet: A Novel
    The Subtweet: A Novel
    The Subtweet: A Novel
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Subtweet: A Novel

    Written by Vivek Shraya

    Narrated by nisha ahuja

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    “Biting and beautiful.” — Jonny Sun, author of everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too

    Everyone talks about falling in love, but falling in friendship can be just as captivating. When Neela Devaki’s song is covered by internet-famous artist Rukmini, the two musicians meet and a transformative friendship begins.

    But as Rukmini’s star rises and Neela’s stagnates, jealousy and self-doubt creep in. With a single tweet, their friendship implodes, one career is destroyed, and the two women find themselves at the center of an internet firestorm.

    Celebrated multidisciplinary artist Vivek Shraya’s second novel is a stirring examination of making art in the modern era, a love letter to brown women, an authentic glimpse into the music industry, and a nuanced exploration of the promise and peril of being seen.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherECW
    Release dateApr 7, 2020
    ISBN9781773056357
    The Subtweet: A Novel
    Author

    Vivek Shraya

    Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” She is the founder of the award-winning publishing imprint VS. Books that supports emerging BIPOC writers. A seven-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, Shraya lives in Treaty 7 territory, where she is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Calgary.

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    • 5/5
      A nuanced and multidimensional exploration of music as an art and music as an industry. What exactly does it mean to be an author of a song? Can you really trust white people's intentions when they appear to be challenging status quo? How to handle legit criticim of a Brown woman using the one-time opportunity to break through in an industry where the odds are stacked against her? And is the criticism even legit in the first place or rather, is the form valid? Wouldn't it be better to express private feelings privately - especially within a marginalized group - than publicly?
      This novel is pretty short and yet mind-blowing in its scope. It doesn't necessarily have a definitive answer to the questions above but offers multiple perspective for you to consider. In the heart of the story is this immense want for friendship and how it gets complicated by feelings of inadequacy, jealousy and idolisation. I would say that the bigggest problem characters have to somehow grapple with is miscommunication on almost every possible level. Characters create entire f***ing universes in their heads about the other person's actions and then never follow up to actually find out what's going on. I think that a really important message of this book is talk about your feelings.
      Main and supporting characters are all Brown women (Hayley and the manager guy being the only exception but that makes sense) which I really appreciated. Also one of the main characters is just casually trans, we love to see it.
      All in all, great listen, great story and a lot to think about.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      This book had a really interesting concept. It was an interesting exploration of jealousy in female friendships. I had a hard time connecting with the characters, though.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Funny - I stumbled into this book without knowing anything about the author - -which was a blessing as it gave the book an unintended "newness" . I did not expect anything and was astonished how much this book gave me. Although at times hard to decipher I enjoyed it tremendously and it gave me insights into an before unknown world to me. Today's music industry and the poc artists strange efforts to be seen and not judged by their cover in the internet world of youtube one hit wonders, likes and twitter texts. As I am absolutely not the core readership I had sometimes difficulties with differentiating the names, wish I could have read it as text, better still on paper. Maybe later I will have the opportunity to give it another go. So far it captivated me for the full length and with my declining attention span - this really says a lot.
    • 5/5
      Very well written. I enjoyed the narrator as well. All of the characters felt so real, their personalities were well fleshed out and I loved hearing Neela's internal monologue. She was brutally honest with herself and about her flaws and the character development was so impressive. I wish there was more closure but I can appreciate the author wanting to leave things open ended.
    • 5/5
      This was incredible. I was hooked from beginning to end!
    • 5/5
      One of the most astonishing and current novels ever! Highly recommend jumping into this fantastic world