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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
3 reviews
imstephtacular's review
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This book is a banger! I am definitely the intended audience as a chronically online white female millennial existential overthinker with an English degree so bear that in mind when picking it up
I was riveted by every section (the Taylor swift chapter particularly kicked me right in the gut) and I kept rereading quotes aloud to my coworkers, my husband, anyone who would listen because I was learning so much, things were making sense, and I was overwhelmed by the day to day machinations that actually gave scientific names ascribed to them
Parts of this felt too cerebral and the language over my head so I simply allowed those to wash over me while I still retained the general ideas
I was riveted by every section (the Taylor swift chapter particularly kicked me right in the gut) and I kept rereading quotes aloud to my coworkers, my husband, anyone who would listen because I was learning so much, things were making sense, and I was overwhelmed by the day to day machinations that actually gave scientific names ascribed to them
Parts of this felt too cerebral and the language over my head so I simply allowed those to wash over me while I still retained the general ideas
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Medical content
Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical trauma
Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Gun violence
clarabooksit's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Racism
thelizardqueen's review
This writer, although sometimes entertaining, has bought her own kool-aid. She complains about conspiracy theories while offering up conspiracy theories in an attempt to disprove them. She believes anything that is leftist no matter how improbable or unsubstantiated, but questions anything remotely resembling personal responsibility or economic freedom. She doesn't acknowledge how Communist programs kill initiative and create generations of dependent, weak and vulnerable people. Unfortunately, this and her podcast are both tragic experiments in self-delusion and selective thinking. She has not been able to turn her microscope of analysis on her own beliefs. Damn shame.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Classism, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry
Listen to the "Sounds like a cult" podcast before spending your money.
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