A review by mstall_
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

I had high hopes for this book, but alas it had the same issues as her previous book on cults which made me DNF. Amanda's books always start out so strong -- i loved the first 20% of this book -- and then they start to devolve into personal anecdotes so much so that we're just reading about Amanda's personal experience with brief mentions of any actual science. It's so frustrating because the premise of this book is phenomenal but in reality I felt like I was just reading another of her biographies. Also, she mentions all these studies but never cites them in text. Maybe there is a reference section in the back of the book but even if so, how the hell am I supposed to find and read these mentioned research studies in the back if they're not cited in the text?? 

Started out great, then got really sloppy. Bummer.