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One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In by Kate Kennedy
32 reviews
mynameisrebecca's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.25
You'll probably feel more connection to this book if you listen to Kate's podcast. I thought it was going to be more reflective overall, though it leans very memoir and introspective which wasn't as exciting for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Religious bigotry and Sexual assault
starrfishandcoffee's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY FELLOW MILLENNIAL GIRLIES NEEDS TO READ THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism and Religious bigotry
Minor: Miscarriage
stories4sara's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Miscarriage
angelicafarrar's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Miscarriage
karolinez's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility and Miscarriage
estherpew's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Although this book is not supposed to be a memoir, it has many memoir-like spots. I’d categorize it under memoir. Kate Kennedy reads the audiobook, and you can feel the emotion come through with her talking about her pregnancy journey, her experience with loss, mental health, and so much more.
I saw myself in much of her storytelling: from the fact that she wrote about millennials loving Shel Silverstein (and I have a tattoo of some of his art), to when she wrote about milky pens (I forgot about those until this moment!), to the expectations we put on our self to do it all and be it all.
You can hear Kate’s voice break many times when she talks about emotional experiences, and that made the book that much more powerful. I cried a few times - from her talking about her time at Virginia Tech, to her pregnancy loss, to the acknowledgements when she wrote about her loved ones.
This book is about the millennial experience, and Kate’s experience specifically, but many of us can see ourselves in her writing - and isn’t that what we want in the art we consume?
I saw myself in much of her storytelling: from the fact that she wrote about millennials loving Shel Silverstein (and I have a tattoo of some of his art), to when she wrote about milky pens (I forgot about those until this moment!), to the expectations we put on our self to do it all and be it all.
You can hear Kate’s voice break many times when she talks about emotional experiences, and that made the book that much more powerful. I cried a few times - from her talking about her time at Virginia Tech, to her pregnancy loss, to the acknowledgements when she wrote about her loved ones.
This book is about the millennial experience, and Kate’s experience specifically, but many of us can see ourselves in her writing - and isn’t that what we want in the art we consume?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
jmelauren's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
3.0
I loved being a 90s kid! We grew up with all the best stuff!
I thoroughly enjoyed all the referrals and memories. However I didn't relate to this book at all.
I was the *gasp* well adjusted teenager.
I never thought about my hair or body of clothes.
I never thought about what I ate or if boys liked me or what the other girls thought.
I wasn't into drinking, drugs, sex, or parties.
I did what I wanted to do because I wanted to do it. It didn't matter if other kids thought it was cool or not because I thought it was cool and that's all that matterd.
I was Rory Gilmore before Logan Huntzberger. Well except for all the academic stuff. Because the one part of this book I did relate to is math is hard.
Content Warnings
Minor: Miscarriage
roziereads's review against another edition
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Infertility, Abortion, and Pregnancy
kaylinvm94's review against another edition
funny
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
Part memoir (despite saying it's not), part commentary on the formative culture and socializing experienced by many (white, middle class, American) millennial women, full of pop culture and nostalgia. As a younger millennial, a lot of these experiences were spot on, with a couple being a few years ahead of me, but overall a real trip down memory lane framed in the larger social context we were experiencing these things in. The content is interesting but as a whole the book is very long winded and took a long time to get through. The author is clearly a good writer, but the point often gets lost in pun-filled rambling.
Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for an advance review copy of this book.
Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for an advance review copy of this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, and Body shaming
lollierey's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
“Ultimately, I want to remind people of something so simple yet so overlooked in our existence (and resistance): amidst your efforts to move the needle in this slow, painstaking process of transferring power, please go out of your way to honor your own pleasure.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Miscarriage