A review by meganlechner
My Misspent Youth: Essays by Meghan Daum

3.0

I came to Daum's writing via The Unspeakable, and boy am I glad I did. Based on that collection, I was so looking forward to reading her other work; unfortunately, this one doesn't hold up the same. The writing is still great, but the author here - the noticeably younger version of the author I adored - mostly comes across as snobby and mean, without any of the bracing honesty and candid, often unflattering, self-reflection I so enjoyed and identified with in The Unspeakable.