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A review by estherpew
One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In by Kate Kennedy
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