And regular people in the middle of all the madness, doing their best at being regular. If you get this, you get this.) With a hint of A.I. With very rich people very good at hyping up their own egos and ultimately pointless things. Anyway.ġ6% Anxiety rising: Oh god, this is a book about the uber-tech-late-stage-capitalist-dystopia we’re currently in. Or if you are “too sensitive”, or whatever particularly annoying people might say about you. Bean comedy sketches can be, if you think a bit more about them. This book was not actually funny as in laugh-out-loud-and escape reality through Mr.Bean comedy sketches. I even posted a lovely steaming cup of tea on Stories.ġ7% Performance anxiety: So.

I have however liked about 20 different posts on Instagram and replied to 4 tweets since I started writing this. Ģ0% Heavy lifting: The author of the brilliantly funny “My Background Life as a Slytherin” has a big graphic novel out (a doorstopper, practically!), let’s check it out! I’m told it is VERY FUNNY!ġ9% Smart: I have actually finished it weeks ago and my thoughts are still lingering on the wit of this book, so I’m trying to be 1% as clever in the review I have finally decided to write.ġ8% Distracted: Not that I am doing very well, I haven’t yet conveyed how much I loved this book. Twelve Percent Dread is a fast-paced, laugh-a-page graphic novel about friendship, capitalism, and never putting your f***ing phone away from Emily McGovern, author of Bloodlust & Bonnets and the hugely popular webcomic My Life As A Background Slytherin. Their friend Emma, meanwhile, seems to have it all figured out-job, mortgage, engagement-yet the long hours working for tech giant Arko and endless wedding admin prove equally dread-inducing.īut when Katie’s latest job finds her tutoring the daughter of Arko’s formidable CEO, Michelle, and Emma welcomes the eccentric and enigmatic Alicia to her team at Arko, none of the three women are aware that their lives-and possibly the future of society itself-are about to change forever. While Katie bounces from job to job and obsesses about falling behind in life, Nas has bigger things in mind-waiting endlessly for their visa to come through, while working on a seismic art project that will revolutionize politics and society as we know it. They share everything, including a tiny room in a North London townhouse belonging to their landlord Jeremy, former host of the hit 90s show ‘Football Lads’. Katie and Nas are best friends, exes, co-dependents.

A fast-paced, laugh-a-page graphic novel about friendship, capitalism, and never putting your f***ing phone away!

Twelve percent dread