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tcol8's review
This feels like something a 20-21 year old should read, before graduating college. Maybe I’m ahead of my time, but I’m almost 24 and I learned next to nothing from this book. It was a lot of personal stories and not enough actual ground work. There was bare minimum guidance. I hope I can return this book tbh.
michreadsbooks's review
1.0
This book was an advertisement for her Instagram handle and what seems like a pyramid scheme.
emdemars's review
3.0
Good insightful book. This book definitely makes you think about life in deeper ways. I felt the first half was really good and the second half felt repetitive. It felt like many things were being said over and over just formed in different ways. I will say this book has helped me understand that your twenties are meant for growth.
lenamay34's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
fireplacebookworm's review
1.0
My most disappointing read of 2021 was Your Twenties by Jessica Smith. This book is marketed on Amazon as one that will help you with all the things that happen in your twenties: career, finding self-love, being healthy, maintaining relationships, etc. In reality, Smith uses 289 pages to tell her life story, try to sell the reader her essential oils, market her Instagram and her Podcasts, neither of which really exist anymore. Then another 100 pages to reiterate her “help” through quotes from other people, many of which have no professional standing.
Smith self-published this book in 2018, it is still available to buy on Amazon, obviously. But very little that she markets are still available. I couldn’t find either of the podcasts she markets on Apple, I found one on Spotify with only one episode, from 2018. Her Instagram is private, yet she encourages readers to post pictures and tag her or message her. And she constantly mentioned resources that were supposedly present on her website, which I couldn’t find. Not to mention, she spent more time talking about herself than connecting those ideas in a way that the reader could make self connections or take advice from. Much of her “help” was nothing new and thus made this a very disappointing read.
Now, this is not a complete hate review, I honestly kept reading this book because I felt it had potential. I really believe if Smith hadn’t self-published, and had chosen a more knowledgeable editor this book may have gone places. BUT I also question whether she was truly invested in this project since NONE of the information she markets in the book is available to readers just 3 years after publication date.
What I learned from this book, read Amazon reviews, had I read them prior to purchasing I never would have bought this book.
Rating: 1 star
Smith self-published this book in 2018, it is still available to buy on Amazon, obviously. But very little that she markets are still available. I couldn’t find either of the podcasts she markets on Apple, I found one on Spotify with only one episode, from 2018. Her Instagram is private, yet she encourages readers to post pictures and tag her or message her. And she constantly mentioned resources that were supposedly present on her website, which I couldn’t find. Not to mention, she spent more time talking about herself than connecting those ideas in a way that the reader could make self connections or take advice from. Much of her “help” was nothing new and thus made this a very disappointing read.
Now, this is not a complete hate review, I honestly kept reading this book because I felt it had potential. I really believe if Smith hadn’t self-published, and had chosen a more knowledgeable editor this book may have gone places. BUT I also question whether she was truly invested in this project since NONE of the information she markets in the book is available to readers just 3 years after publication date.
What I learned from this book, read Amazon reviews, had I read them prior to purchasing I never would have bought this book.
Rating: 1 star
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