![]() ![]() I noted in my first post this would not be a serious literary criticism blog (I haven’t taken an literature class since I was 19). Evidently the term is epistolary novel, and lots of them exist. I’m guessing others exist, whether it’s contemporary technology or using letters, but I haven’t delved into them. There are two things to talk about: How the book is written and then how well the writing is executed. The real hook is that the story is told entirely through text message and email. The plot of the story is two best friends go to colleges across the country from each other and go through the highs and lows of their first semester in college away from each other. The character based on her is going to school for screenwriting. Raskin route to Just Between Us was a little more traditional: she’s a comedian, writer, and actress. The character based on her goes to school to be a journalist. Prior to the show and her time on Buzzfeed, Dunn was a journalist (and still does write some), but in the last couple of years, she has also been hosting the Bad with Money podcast dealing with financial issues at personal and societal levels. Like I said, they have the YouTube show, which features them portraying caricatured versions of themselves on a fake advice show and a more sitcomish single-camera sketch show. ![]() The book’s two main characters are based on the authors, so let’s talk about them. ![]() I Hate Everyone But You comes from Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin, a comedy duo who run the YouTube channel Just Between Us. ![]()
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