DaveNash3 reviewed Shoplifting from American apparel by Tao Lin
Set mostly in Manhattan—although also featuring Atlantic City, Brooklyn, GMail Chat, and Gainsville, Florida—this autobiographical …
Review of 'Shoplifting from American apparel' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
This was an easy read about shiftless milenial who doesn't want to do anything except write poetry. In terms of subject matter it is very similar to Conversation Between Friends - www.goodreads.com/book/show/32187419-conversations-with-friends
In style it is nothing like that.
One of the basics of fiction is that something happens and then the characters react to it - either through dialogue, thought, or action. Stuff happens in the book with seemingly no motive and no reaction. I guess that is the purpose. It makes for breezy reading. It also makes it hard to have an opinion.