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cdjdhj's review against another edition
5.0
As a high school teacher, mother and grandmother, I am seeing more and more the rise in depression, anxiety, lack of motivation, and a delay in adult milestones and even basic "adulting" which is described in this book. Authors Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt do an excellent job at showing how "three great untruths" have become so ingrained in the psyches of many young people that their basic psychological well-being and emotional maturity is at risk. The three great untruths set forth by the authors are (1) What doesn't kill you makes you weaker; (2) Always trust your feelings and (3) life is a battle between good people and evil people. The authors explain that embracing these truths has lead to many of the problems we see with our young adults today. The authors explore other social trends that have interfered with the social, emotional and intellectual immaturity of young adults. These trends include overprotective parenting, social media, the "corporatization" of American universities and the emergence of new ideas about identity and justice. This is an excellent, well-researched book that should be read by anyone concerned about rising political polarization and dysfunction, as well the ability of our young people to live, work and cooperate with anyone who may not see the world they do. The book covers a lot of ground, but the authors do a good job of tying everything together and making sense of some very troubling social trends. Anyone who cares about teenagers, young adults, or the continuing dysfunctional divisions in our nation should read this book.
rachel_reads_regularly's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
jammalammadingdong's review against another edition
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
I FINISHED IT I FINALLY FINISHED IT god this book was so aggravating but also it was pretty on point most times which was upsetting
koscielski's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
heathersiddoway's review against another edition
2.0
2/5
There were parts of this book that were interesting and parts that I hated (felt more like a long political opinion essay than a factual/informative book) and most of it was just okay - it contradicted itself several times and I didn't think the organization of it was great. It's a super popular book right now (I waited months for the library hold) but I wouldn't recommend it.
There were parts of this book that were interesting and parts that I hated (felt more like a long political opinion essay than a factual/informative book) and most of it was just okay - it contradicted itself several times and I didn't think the organization of it was great. It's a super popular book right now (I waited months for the library hold) but I wouldn't recommend it.
werdnamich's review against another edition
2.0
This book had its merits. For instance, I think the idea of common-humanity vs. common-enemy identity politics was pretty valid. But then a lot of it was sweeping overgeneralizations and statements that clearly came from white cis-men. Things like paranoid parenting and the suggestion to free range parent cannot be applied to bipoc. Tamir Rice was playing with a toy gun FFS.