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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Some
Contemporary language; some mild strong words
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit-adjacent romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
The surveillance premise — Lincoln is reading private emails without the senders knowing; The late 1990s setting — email culture and the workplace; Explicit-adjacent romantic content; Lincoln's arrested development — he's 28 and still living with his mother; Beth and Jennifer's friendship — the novel's warmest thread
What this book is about
Lincoln O'Neill works the night shift at a newspaper in 1999 as an internet security officer — his job is to read flagged emails. Beth and Jennifer's emails keep appearing on his list, and he keeps reading, because their friendship is the most interesting thing he encounters. Attachments is a romantic comedy told mostly through emails, about a man who falls for someone he's technically surveilling.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
The surveillance premise — Lincoln reads private emails; the novel knows this is uncomfortable
Lincoln's arrested development — 28 and stalled; his growth is the B-plot
Explicit-adjacent romantic content
The late 1990s setting — email culture; feels specific and dated in a warm way
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