This just seemed silly to me. I couldn't finish it.

Sociable tries to do something admirable: get you to care about unlikeable people in uncomfortable situations. While I don't doubt the irreverent tone the author was striving for, or the importance of communication, identity, and culture in the age of social media, the book falls flat.

The writing is adequate and the story is interesting. It was not enough to hook me, or even get me to finish.

Brita <i>wanted</i> to like this book. The cover, for one thing, was really cute. But then she couldn't really figure it out. Was it making fun of millennials or trying to sympathize with them? Whose second person plural perspective cut in once or twice? (Readers, we may never know.) And there was some kind of commentary on feminism? The 26-year-old protagonist was incredibly naive about work, relationships, money...basically everything. Brita just wanted all the characters to be happy and #grateful! But journalism is hard, and so is life. Maybe?

Elinor is a young up-and-coming writer who finds herself working for a social media journalism website. She balances the demands of her new career with the five and take of old and new relationships. When people begin to grow apart, but perhaps one party doesn’t realize it- and how it all shakes down.

I don’t know if it is because I read a few other books in the last few months about social media and the curated life vs real life or whatever…and I kept comparing those two books to Sociable, but I think I decided that Sociable was just not for me. I found the characters to be unlikable, they were superficial and ridiculous. I think it had a relevant and interesting concept, but it wasn’t executed well. It was a quick, easy read and there were a few humorous moments I enjoyed…but there was nothing really memorable about the book and I didn’t really care for the writing style.

Bottom Line: I cant really recommend this book. I gave it two stars, but very meh for me. I would recommend reading Hello, Sunshine or My Not So Perfect Life over this.

**I received a copy of Sociable from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are of my own.**

This was an easy, light read, but just didn’t do much for me. Every time you’d think Elinor would experience some character growth, and therefore I might start to root for her, she would backslide into pathetic habits. There also was no real resolution to her work conflicts, she had better ideas than her mentors but it was never thoroughly addressed, which could have been developed more. It felt like the book just ended because it was time, and therefore several things were unresolved to me, and not in a good way. Thank you to NetGalley for an electronic ARC of this book.

Honestly, nothing really happens in this book and it was quite boring. The characters were also very unlikeable, and while some people may enjoy that about this book, I didn't. I like to read books in which I can relate to the characters at least in some way, but I just couldn't with this one. I wish that it had been written better, because the overall premise could have been executed so well.

his novel had some good writing, but it was difficult for me to identify with twenty-somethings who spend their lives on their phones tweeting and Facebooking and snapchatting, living for "likes" and comments. Also, the characters ad been communications majors, and yet all of them in dialogue abuse the words "like" and "literally" and end sentences that should be statements with question marks. Example: "But like, then I was like, Why do you want to know! And he was like, Well what if I moved in? Kind of like a joke? But then we actually talked about it more and he was like . . ."

Elinor and her boyfriend Mike are trying to get their careers in journalism going in New York City in an era when most magazines and newspapers are dying. Elinor consistently says she's a feminist, but has almost no self-esteem when it comes to Mike or her new career trying to write things that go viral for a website that doesn't actually make money.

I'm also a feminist and many of my friends are, but never in my life have I had a conversation that goes something like, "That was not very faminist of you. What I did was feminist." "That was not feminist of you!" Is that how twenty-something feminists actually talk?

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this novel.

Meh, just meh. There was something about the way this novel was written that hasn’t yet translated to the ebook reading. It seemed like there was random inserts of speaking from an outside narrator, but I don’t seem to remember a narrator ever really being introduced. The speaker also only appeared a handful of times.

Sociable was an interesting commentary on how the younger generation is so involved in their phones and random news sites like Buzzfeed (and others) which share funny videos, quizzes and lists. But Harrington missed the mark due to the characters incessant whining and complaining. Elinor (the main character) doesn’t seem to have any redeeming qualities and you wait the entire novel to see if she grows up (even just a little bit).

Elinor, a communications major finally gets a job in journalism with an online blogging company. She has broken up with her boyfriend of four years and finds herself in a one-room walk-up apartment in New York. She is an unhappy quarrelsome person who seems to find fault with everything, her job, her co-workers and her best friend.

Tried to power through this for a few times, but I wasn't into the writing style, the POV used, the character development (if there was any? The characters sounded a little too obnoxious and immature for what they were posing to be). Made it almost halfway through the book but because I felt like I was already forcing myself to finish it, I decided to ~give up. I would have enjoyed this because journalists and social media and finding one's self, etc. but all in all, this book and I were not fit for each other.

Utterly delightful in every sense of the world. Be prepared to be swept up in this story and these characters.

Quick read that seemed not to go anywhere. The characters JP and Peter were left dangling and could have been an interesting storyline.

This one is a little difficult to review. It was an okay read. It was quick and entertaining, but something just felt off. It might have been the writing style that I couldn't really get into, or maybe the character of Elinor who at times just came off as unlikable. I related to the break - up though. I also did laugh a couple of times. Overall though, it wasn't really my cup of hot chocolate, but maybe it's someone else's cup of tea.

Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I DNF'ed this book at 12% read. The characters were also very shallow but there also did not seem to be any attempts by the author to make them well-rounded or fully characterized. I thought the attempt to describe startup tech culture was written about much better in Startup by Doree Shafrir rather than Sociable.

It's a cute quick read. Some parts of the book are so relatable, like when Elinor broke up with Mike and she just would want to still be part of his life or keep sending him a texts when all along you could tell he was never that into her or how she is struggling to keep ends meet and afterall she would just go back to her tiny appt and literally do nothing. I think the protagonist was missing some more courage, to be honest. She was kind of vulnerable and just at some points like WTF, she had no real friend it was sort of like she was kind of full of herself at some point, but I still enjoyed the story. I think is a current story in regards to social media and online dating and how things go "viral". Its super quick to read and I still enjoyed it.

I like reading about unlikeable characters and uncomfortable situations, these are some of the elements present in this novel and one of the reasons I really enjoyed it.

Elinor Tomlinson is a young journalist struggling to find a job in her field. She lives with her boyfriend in NY and works as a babysitter. One day, she returns home only to find out that the boyfriend of four years wants to break up with her, she is completely shocked and has no other option but to agree.

At the same time, she has recently started working on journalism.ly, a news website and is trying to perform well on her new job while coping with the sadness of the breakup.

It is hard to define the point of view of the narrator, at some points is Elinor, at other points J.W. (Elinor's boss) and at other times is an unknown narrator. At the beginning it confused me but at the end I had gotten used to it and did not distract me from the story.

The main characters work on startup companies where social media plays a relevant role. The novel not only describes Elinor's emotional journey after her breakup but also the current state of journalism, online dating, millennials' relationship to work, and female friendship.

Overall, I enjoyed this novel and recommend it to lovers of contemporary fiction and/or new adult. It reminded me of to the novel Startup by Doree Shafrir.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this publication in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to like this book so much but just didn't. The biggest issue is that the main character is so unlikable and clueless She made me cringe so hard throughout the whole book. This was a disappointment for me.

At first I thought how can there be a book devoted to one young woman, her boyfriend, their breakup, their momentary jobs on social media and the potential of reconciliation without them ever speaking. Then I realized that's exactly how my twenty-something daughter and all her friends, regardless of genders, communicate with each other. Even the rare dialogue sounded so familiar. And, may I note, the young adults of who / whom ugh, refer, are well educated, college graduates. Obviously smarter than me. This is just the
World now, sometimes. Not everywhere, not all the time, but whenever they feel like it. "They," those damn millennials; sigh; and I have two I happen to love. Decent book, check it out.

I don't understand why the hatred towards this book: it's shallow because these are the characters acting in it. This is the youth of the 21st century. I think I can be a bit harsh with the characters of this novel because I, too, am a 20 something living in a world of hastag everying, LOL when you have a straight face, constant social media checking, the desire to appear deep and profound, but in reality being too shallow for our own good.

"Funny" is not the word I'd use to describe this book. Sure, there were some moments. However, what sums up this book is cringy. The focus on appearance, the failure to be of any substance, the obsession with one fix idea one has - it's too much at times. And yet, I couldn't blame the author; this is who the young people are nowadays, in larger and larger numbers.

I liked how the author at times addressed the reader directly. I wish she had done that more often. At some points it felt as if she kept the distance, and only sometimes came closer to the reader again. Those ocassions were when one of the characters (usually the main character, Elinor) did something worse than before.

I didn't like any of the characters. Elinor lacked any tact and individuality. She is dependant and seemed to like to dwell in self-pity (she has a bad day every time we see her doing something, anything) and conformity, she is fake and selfish. She is like a child who expects a gold star for doing something that's expected of them; except she's an adult. Her ex-boyfriend, Mike, is beyond what words could describe: annoying, self-sufficient, self-absorbed. Mainly all the characters exist to benefit from the others, to gain something from their large network. The characters manage to drive you nuts!

It left a bitter taste this novel. It's an easy read, lacking substance as far as depth of character goes, but maybe this was the point - to show the shallowness which we as a world are heading towards. Despite the light tone, it's sad. I am sure anyone over 35 years old would not like this novel, and those younger would still need tolerance for it. Silly me actually thought there'd be a redeeming moment for Elinor. Nothing though. Nothing can redeem the world this novel shows.