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This is a narcissistic book. If this book were filled with just honest essays, it would be still be terrible to read but it'd be admirable in its attempt to connect the writer to the world. Instead, the writer tries to comedically stylize minor moments in her life while highlighting her own precociousness. Reading it feels like sitting in a middle school cafeteria, watching while all of the pre-teens chatter about themselves to each other without listening to what anyone else says. I was left feeling hollow and a little sad at how little Lena Dunham understands about the world outside of herself. Lena Dunham has proven during past interviews that she has the ability to look beyond herself and empathize with other people, and so the real tragedy of this book is the doubt that it casts on Lena's ability to be a role model to anyone, and whether her public image is all a fabrication of a person who she wants to be.