Im a Fan, Sheena Patel
Im a Fan, Sheena Patel
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I'm a Fan

Author: Sheena Patel

Narrator: Sheena Patel

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/05/2023


Synopsis

I stalk a woman on the internet who is sleeping with the same man as I am.

Sheena Patel’s incandescent first novel begins with the unnamed narrator describing her involvement in a seemingly unequal romantic relationship. With a clear and unforgiving eye, she dissects the behavior of all involved, herself included, and makes startling connections between the power struggles at the heart of human relationships and those of the wider world. I’m a Fan offers a devastating critique of class, social media, patriarchy’s hold on us, and our cultural obsession with status and how that status is conveyed.

In this unforgettable debut, Patel announces herself as a dynamic, commanding new voice in literature, capable of rendering a rollercoaster of emotions and experiences viscerally on the page. Sex, brutality, politics, work, art, tenderness, humor?Patel tackles them all while making the reader complicit in the inescapable trap of fandom that seems to define the modern condition.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on April 24, 2023

I am, well, a fan of this one. Sheena Patel has written a scorching social critique that touches on male entitlement, social media fixation, asymmetrical relationships, and the patriarchal (and racist) social structure that holds it all in place. The story takes its cues from the bevy of books featu......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 25, 2025

Just not terribly enjoyable, I'm afraid. I was open to something fresh and millennial with a keen eye for racist microaggressions and a wry take on 21st century relationships and our relationship to celebrity. Instead I got endless whinging about how difficult it is to be alone in your 30s when you......more

Goodreads review by emma on April 30, 2024

i hope I'M a fan...of this book! update: well. this had roughly as much depth as an instagram post, which is fitting because its most interesting sections take place on the platform. we follow an obsessive woman, cheating on her boyfriend with "the man she wants to be with," who in addition to a wife a......more

Goodreads review by Varshini on April 15, 2024

so important to see hater representation in contemporary literature ❤️......more

Goodreads review by Maditales on January 08, 2025

2.5 Stars......more