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#Single

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Great read, especially if you're liking for a good laugh.

There's no way for you to read this and not relate to at least some of these conversations.

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A fun read! It consists of texts or chat messages where you see in an online dating app or maybe website. I have experienced if and man it was really horrible! The next day, I deleted the app and for sure I wouldn’t install it again. I guess I’ll just download it if I want a laugh - but I don’t think I’ll need it in the future, I have this good book with me to stop myself from installing it. Ha!

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This is literally just a collection of conversations taken from some tumblr account about dating apps. No commentary, no essays between, nada. There are 682947 Instagram accounts that offer the same as this but actually add commentary. This is not a “book” in any traditional sense.

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Initially I downloaded the Kindle version to my Kindle Voyage and to my Kindle app on my phone. Both doesn’t seem to display properly. Downloading the PDF version worked like a charm; third time lucky!

As someone who has never tried tinder, reading this made me wonder whether I’ll survive the experience. Great read during lunch break, finished in one sitting.

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Thanks for my digital copy of #single by Lost the Plot.

It's a collection of online dating conversations, that made be both laugh out loud and cringe. Its a great read if you want to reminisce about those terrible tinder dates you've been on or to be prepared on that dating scene.

I enjoyed my time reading #single, and found it to be quick read!

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I thought the idea of this book was great but it just didn't translate well to a book-length read. It's a ton of disconnected, unconnected, and just plain puzzling Tinder conversations. I guess some of the stories were funny but mostly it was just a slog.

Many thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

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I requested this book on NetGalley partly because it was near Valentine's Day and partly because I thought I would get a good laugh out of the stories.

The premise of the book was interesting. The book is filled with a collection of Tinder conversations that cover all the possible funny and awkward experiences that happen with online dating. Whether it's making typos, being r-bombed, or accidentally coming off as a sociopath, online dating definitely seems like a tricky thing.

Some of the stories were pretty funny. Others, not so much. Unfortunately, as a Gen Z who has not yet hit the age of online dating, I didn't find the book relatable, which may have been why the conversations left me more often confused than laughing.

It serves as a decent coffee table book, something that's worth a few laughs as well as a few cringes.

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This book’s premise was good, but was poorly executed. This is due to the way the book was formatted. The book would be much better if they could add chapters and then break down the messages by theme in each chapter. This would help to make the book easier to understand and more fun to read.

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#Single was a quick read that jumped straight into the kind of exchanges anyone on dating apps would already be familiar with. Due to the formatting and layout of the Kindle ARC, the conversations are a bit hard to read and really diluted the potential. I can't help feeling that it could have been presented better. The conversations were okay, a couple were funny but I really struggled to finish this book.

ARC courtesy of NetGalley.

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This is literally a collection of pictures of texts from what I picture as a dating app. Some were hilarious, some not so much, but it was a short, enjoyable read.

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

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A collection of hilarious comments and replies collected from online dating sites, Tinder I presume.
Some very witty commentators abound.
Some comments require a second or third read through to see the humour, some are obvious from the first read through.
Device depending can mean some of the text was tricky to decipher between comment and reply. I read on two different Kindle apps. One highlighted the replies in a blue text, which made it very easy to tell the difference, but the other gave the replies in grey, which was not always easy to distinguish. Perhaps different fonts or something similar would have aided better.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this book (& have a good chuckle)

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This book is such an extremely short read, I'm not sure there's much to say or review. I'd expected a short memoir-type / novella of dating stories and experiences. But this book is actually just screenshots and snippets of real-life Tinder conversations.

Besides a couple of conversations that stood out, most of the book was bland and uninteresting; nothing I haven't seen or heard about before. There aren't any anecdotes, storytelling, narration or a personal touch, which made it a rather ordinary 10-minute read.

The book's format and layout wasn't Kindle friendly either. Extremely light ink, repeated and redundant headers, confusing line breaks etc.

Very forgettable and entire skippable. I've read similar books that are much funnier and interesting.

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Wow! This book had me laughing from the first page to that last page. If you have ever tried online dating, wanted to try online dating, are curious about online dating, or just want a really good laugh, this is the book for you. The book is a collection of messages that create the picture of what online dating is and how funny it can be. I feel like I have had many of these conversations myself with people I have talked to online and I wish I had been as clever as the people in this book.

I highly recommend this book, I would give it more than 5 stars if I could. I have my fingers crossed that there are more of these books in the future, because as long as there is online dating there are going to be more of these type of messages.

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This short book is a collection of humorous dating texts. I thought there would be a backstory, or that there would be some connection between the texts, but instead they were just random.
Thank you to Netgalley for an arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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Book is brief and did not really have much depth to it. It's a collection of scenarios essentially. That said, I chuckled, and I can think of a few people that would enjoy the book immensely. It is worth a click on an e-reader but I would not recommend an actual book.

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<i>#Single </i>by Lost the Plot is basically a collection of text conversations between people who'd met online and illustrates the awful--though, sometimes funny--side of meeting people via the internet or via an app. All text/message conversations are preceded by a little phrase or emoji to indicate what sort of conversation to expect following. The book is supposedly inspired by a tumblr blog called Tinder Tuesday, however it doesn't appear to have anything more than a single post which was weird and I'm not sure why it's all gone or where everything went. In the event that it was removed in order to prompt people to buy the book instead, I find myself feeling rather annoyed, however I couldn't say for certain what actually did happen and it's purpose.

<i>#Single</i> is a quick read, the sort of book you flip through with almost lightning speed as you read each rather short interaction. Some are brilliantly hilarious; I recall pausing to show my boyfriend a number of rather amusing ones while I read, one in particular having been a genuine laugh out loud and nearly cry moment. It's definitely a good book to pick up if you're looking for a giggle, though could potentially make you feel bad about the way dating has evolved and the horrible things you might come across.

I definitely feel that this book is more for women than men, though a guy could definitely enjoy pieces of it. The thing is, a lot of the awful that people face in online dating seems to come from the men and that's just an unfortunate fact that we have to deal with as a society. I don't know if I'd suggest buying this book since it's really just a collection of something you could easily find online. While I did laugh quite a bit, a simple collection of other people's experiences doesn't seem like something I, personally, want to give a single person money for.

With that said, I did enjoy my time with <i>#Single. </i>

<i>I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. </i>

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This book was just okay for me. The conversations were funny, but not enough to be put together in a book. I will say that this book is very relevant in today's dating age.

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#single: DATING IN THE 21st CENTURY
Written by Lost the Plot
2018; Pantera Press/Lost the Plot (17o pages)
Genre: nonfiction, dating

(Review Not on Blog)

RATING: 1 STAR

This book is based on a blog called Tinder Tuesday, but I did not know that until I got to the last page of the eArc (advanced reader copy). While this book has 170 pages it is full of short texts/messages. It took me 10 minutes to read. There were one or two funny texts but most were just meh. Maybe I have just seen worse on Tinder, but I don't think this book adds to anything on dating you can't just get from Tinder Nightmares on Instagram.

***I received an eARC from NETGALLEY***

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As a thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced reader copy I shall give an honest review of this collection. The following is #single based on the popular blog TinderTuesday.com. It features real-life dating conversations and follows a familiar path in what its reader may experience when internet dating. The collection is presented for those who are currently online dating, have online dated, will online date in the future, and for those who simply enjoy humor. It shows the ridiculous aspects to online dating and how awkward situations may lead to laughter beyond measure. Take away notes would be to remember you are still talking to someone beyond the screen in front of you and to be kind. As well as to have fun. There should be no stigma meeting someone online and developing a relationship from it. Remember you swiped right whether that was because of the way they appeared, or their profile summary is simply another option to dating. Overall, I enjoyed this collection and recommend it to those who need a reminder of the fun and light side to online dating as well as the humor in it. Remember there is always that block button for you to use if the conversation becomes stagnant and you just are not feeling it. Good luck out there to all my single peeps. There is someone out there for like Michael Bublé once sang you just haven't met them yet. I give this collection 3 out of 5 stars.

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This book is just a load of text/tinder conversations chucked together. There is no introduction or any other dialogue. A lot of the messages aren't even that funny. Definitely not worth a buy

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