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Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
Alexandra Robbins, Abby Wilner
2.88 AVERAGE
23 reviews for:
Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
Alexandra Robbins, Abby Wilner
2.88 AVERAGE
Ah! I read the first 10 pages of this book and was immediately depressed. Not what I needed to read right before graduation, no thank you
Although well written, this book is full of no scientific data, and instead is full of personal opinions and thoughts of 20 somethings. Therefore making it a non-scientific source
This book was pretty good. It's more of a read a chapter as you go then anything that gives you real insight into...well anything else.
I got to page 72, I put the book down and now I cannot find the strength to ever pick it up again. If someone were to summarize the findings maybe I'd read that, but in trying to muddle through this I feel as though my 20's are slipping even further away. I'd rather enjoy my time than try to read about other people figuring out their time. I'll be giving this book away.
It's nice to read all those stories from other people facing the same issues, but at the same time the analysis is too superficial, specially because you don't know if the strategies people told they've used worked or not. Maybe if the authors had made a follow up with the same people some years later we could have that info.
I read this for a class. It's personal accounts from countless recent grads—no actual studies or research. All anecdotal. It also paints millennials as negatively as you possibly can while trying to advocate on their behalf
It's 200 pages of mini interviews; mostly the same story, but with minor details changed. Every time I picked this up, it was a chore. I knew that, even if I were to relate to a certain situation, it would be laid out in such a repetitive & boring manner that it would lose all gravity.
This was a bear to slog through & I would've just stopped after 20 pages if it wasn't required. You could probably find a TED Talk that will cover all the points in this book in less than 20 minutes with better style & information.
It's 200 pages of mini interviews; mostly the same story, but with minor details changed. Every time I picked this up, it was a chore. I knew that, even if I were to relate to a certain situation, it would be laid out in such a repetitive & boring manner that it would lose all gravity.
This was a bear to slog through & I would've just stopped after 20 pages if it wasn't required. You could probably find a TED Talk that will cover all the points in this book in less than 20 minutes with better style & information.
I’m laughing at the reviews here because it seems to be a bunch of disappointed twentysomethings. The reality is that this book should be read by college students or college aged students (for those of you who choose something else) prior to graduation. It helps those to become more aware of the possibilities of what they’re in store for. Keep in mind the publication date as well when you’re reading about technology and the missing references of The War on Terror.
Quarterlife Crisis is a book that I read just as I was graduating college and has been a book that my friends, family, and I have passed around for years. It offers a broad perspective of what it means to be a twenty-something and how this time in life is unique. Great read for anyone that is in a "quarterlife crisis" or not.