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jgraydee's review against another edition
2.0
The subtitle of this book describes exactly what it is: a book of observations.
This is a book written for parents, but Koslow aims her observations toward priviledged, middle class adulescents: young adults with massive amounts of college debt who can't afford to live on their own... who are still trying to "find themselves..." or, young adults who simply have not found the "right" job, so they're content to wait it out in Mom and Dad's living room, watching HBO. All the while, parents are on the sidelines, unsure how to support, encourage or simply endure their child's lifestyle.
If you're co-habitating with your adult child and cannot find anyone to emphathize with you, then this is the book for you. Koslow is humorous and witty; she accurately describes the (self-centered) attitude of young adults and their reluctance to "settle" for anything short of the American dream; many young people want their parents' lifestyle, but they want it immediately, without the time or sacrifice their parents made to earn that lifestyle. Or, on the flip side,these young adults cry foul at what they perceive to be a shallow, hypocritical lifestyle (of their parents), and are subsequently holding out for a meaningful career. Whilst in their parents' living room, watching HBO...
This is not a book about how to effectively co-habitate or how to gently push your kids out of the nest. It is, as I said, a book of observations. A good one to browse on a cold, wintery day. But, probably not one that will change your life or your child's life.
This is a book written for parents, but Koslow aims her observations toward priviledged, middle class adulescents: young adults with massive amounts of college debt who can't afford to live on their own... who are still trying to "find themselves..." or, young adults who simply have not found the "right" job, so they're content to wait it out in Mom and Dad's living room, watching HBO. All the while, parents are on the sidelines, unsure how to support, encourage or simply endure their child's lifestyle.
If you're co-habitating with your adult child and cannot find anyone to emphathize with you, then this is the book for you. Koslow is humorous and witty; she accurately describes the (self-centered) attitude of young adults and their reluctance to "settle" for anything short of the American dream; many young people want their parents' lifestyle, but they want it immediately, without the time or sacrifice their parents made to earn that lifestyle. Or, on the flip side,these young adults cry foul at what they perceive to be a shallow, hypocritical lifestyle (of their parents), and are subsequently holding out for a meaningful career. Whilst in their parents' living room, watching HBO...
This is not a book about how to effectively co-habitate or how to gently push your kids out of the nest. It is, as I said, a book of observations. A good one to browse on a cold, wintery day. But, probably not one that will change your life or your child's life.
tpanik's review against another edition
2.0
Poorly written. Only a couple of new insights, no solutions.
kil3yp's review
1.0
The irony here is fantastic.
She writes about a generation of entitled snookums and dearests, but forgets one things:
She is entitled. And somehow got a book contract.
So now you're whining about the whiners? Couldn't find any friends to commiserate with, and so instead decided to publish them?
Also, I despise lumping generations into masses and identifying them as such - so I assume that if you were a child of the 70s, you had dreads and smoked a lot of drugs?
This book is ridiculous. Right up there with 6 Weeks to OMG.
She writes about a generation of entitled snookums and dearests, but forgets one things:
She is entitled. And somehow got a book contract.
So now you're whining about the whiners? Couldn't find any friends to commiserate with, and so instead decided to publish them?
Also, I despise lumping generations into masses and identifying them as such - so I assume that if you were a child of the 70s, you had dreads and smoked a lot of drugs?
This book is ridiculous. Right up there with 6 Weeks to OMG.
satyridae's review
1.0
The cover art was cute. The subtitle, "Observations from the Not-So-Empty Nest" made me grin. The first page made me giggle. So I brought it home from the library, little realizing that I was about to embark on strange seas indeed. The kids, or as Koslow painfully calls them, adultescents, in this book are all college-educated. Most are world travelers. I found it hard to work up any empathy, let alone sympathy, for any of the characters in this book. Just not my kind of thing, I guess.
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