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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
1 review
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challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This book is a banger! I am definitely the intended audience as a chronically online white female millennial existential overthinker with an English degree so bear that in mind when picking it up
I was riveted by every section (the Taylor swift chapter particularly kicked me right in the gut) and I kept rereading quotes aloud to my coworkers, my husband, anyone who would listen because I was learning so much, things were making sense, and I was overwhelmed by the day to day machinations that actually gave scientific names ascribed to them
Parts of this felt too cerebral and the language over my head so I simply allowed those to wash over me while I still retained the general ideas
I was riveted by every section (the Taylor swift chapter particularly kicked me right in the gut) and I kept rereading quotes aloud to my coworkers, my husband, anyone who would listen because I was learning so much, things were making sense, and I was overwhelmed by the day to day machinations that actually gave scientific names ascribed to them
Parts of this felt too cerebral and the language over my head so I simply allowed those to wash over me while I still retained the general ideas
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Medical content
Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical trauma
Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Gun violence
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