This was tough to read and not really a fit for my library space. The book would have been better marketed as a complete memoir with shorter essays rather than trying to equate one person’s experience to the culture at large

I liked People Who Lunch more as a memoir or group of essays than an actual critical look at the topic. Very interesting though!

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really struggled with this book. It seems a little disorganized and I was having trouble figuring out where it was even going. Having said that, there were a few good spots.

I unfortunately don’t think this book was for me. There was some interesting commentary on different things that I was intrigued by, but I couldn’t really follow the thread that strung them together. It felt to me like random facts piled into an essay that didn’t quite flow into the next.

Where I think the author shines is in the personal anecdotes. I enjoyed reading the parts of the essays where she was weaving each topic into her own life, friendships and relationships.

Overall I think I was expecting something different from this book than what I got.