A review by yvejr
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

Did not finish book.

I tried many times to read this book and couldn’t get into the first chapter. Nor when skimming did anything pull me in. Finally I tried an audio book format; I did not like it at all! This book is part memoir and part critique, written like a research paper. Very dry and comes off as pretentious. I feel harsh saying so but I really did give it a good try over the course of 2 years before officially giving up. I think the message is probably good and I have no doubt a lot of quality research and work went into this book - but I can’t handle the writing style.