staceylovescola's review against another edition
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mswrightwright's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
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roshario's review
Not sure if it would apply and I had other more pertinent books I want to read first
ncrabb's review against another edition
This is a stark and even in some parts terrifying look at the rising generation with its obsession/addiction to its smart phones. If this author is even partly right, the numbers are sobering and scary, at least to me.
Based on her research, she describes a group of young people who are extremely slow to grow up and are more susceptible to mental health fragility than any generation that has gone before, and it has a great deal to do with the ubiquitous smart phone with its likes and snapchatting and more. Even before COVID-19, the rates of suicide were climbing in this demographic. Granted, the rate of homicides is less in this generation, but that's largely because they'd rather text than fight. That's not a bad thing, but most of them want nothing to do with books. Many of them can't create a conventional resume, and some of them have issues with job attendance once they get work.
I'm no social scientist so, I have no idea as to the accuracy of the research. But if it's even partly valid, some of the results outlined here are sobering by every measure. The writing style is highly readable and kept me involved in the book to its conclusion.
Based on her research, she describes a group of young people who are extremely slow to grow up and are more susceptible to mental health fragility than any generation that has gone before, and it has a great deal to do with the ubiquitous smart phone with its likes and snapchatting and more. Even before COVID-19, the rates of suicide were climbing in this demographic. Granted, the rate of homicides is less in this generation, but that's largely because they'd rather text than fight. That's not a bad thing, but most of them want nothing to do with books. Many of them can't create a conventional resume, and some of them have issues with job attendance once they get work.
I'm no social scientist so, I have no idea as to the accuracy of the research. But if it's even partly valid, some of the results outlined here are sobering by every measure. The writing style is highly readable and kept me involved in the book to its conclusion.
trinipose's review
slow-paced
0.25
I have so much to say. I bought this book back in 2018, I read a chapter back then and got bored. Little did I know that by reading a chapter I was actually getting the whole book, since the same things gets repeated a thousand times. I am obstinate and didn't want to have a book I hadn't read, and gosh that was a chore.
1. It is repetitive. I think it could've been comprised to about half of what it was, if not a third. A perfect example of pseudo-science, the author time and time again comes to the most random conclusions, even her own data contradicts. She built an idea on her head of the whole generation, and rambles about for chapters without saying anything really of value. I have maybe gotten two interesting statistics in 300+ pages.
2. This book is senseless: published in 2017, it is already outdated. And that's (in my opinion) because it was published too early in time. By the author's own definition, Gen Z (or as she tries to call us, iGen) spans from 96-12 (there's still not a firm range but its mid to late 90s to early 10s). That makes the oldest GenZ at the time of publication about 21 years old, and I would like to think this book had a few years of research, so you get an idea. This could be taken as an analysis of cusps at best, but not even. The world has changed so much since the publication, and now there's an actual reasonable amount of Gen Z adults, and the image she paints is completely different from reality today.
3. Of course, I couldn't have expected more from the author, but it's 100% only relevant to the USA. Not one mention of the rest of the world, not one worldwide statistic. That alone should tell you how unprofessional this book is.
Honestly, run away from this book. If you want to learn more about Gen Z, first of all, I appreciate the effort, but I'd say go straight to the source and talk to us, because this woman gives a very biased view.
1. It is repetitive. I think it could've been comprised to about half of what it was, if not a third. A perfect example of pseudo-science, the author time and time again comes to the most random conclusions, even her own data contradicts. She built an idea on her head of the whole generation, and rambles about for chapters without saying anything really of value. I have maybe gotten two interesting statistics in 300+ pages.
2. This book is senseless: published in 2017, it is already outdated. And that's (in my opinion) because it was published too early in time. By the author's own definition, Gen Z (or as she tries to call us, iGen) spans from 96-12 (there's still not a firm range but its mid to late 90s to early 10s). That makes the oldest GenZ at the time of publication about 21 years old, and I would like to think this book had a few years of research, so you get an idea. This could be taken as an analysis of cusps at best, but not even. The world has changed so much since the publication, and now there's an actual reasonable amount of Gen Z adults, and the image she paints is completely different from reality today.
3. Of course, I couldn't have expected more from the author, but it's 100% only relevant to the USA. Not one mention of the rest of the world, not one worldwide statistic. That alone should tell you how unprofessional this book is.
Honestly, run away from this book. If you want to learn more about Gen Z, first of all, I appreciate the effort, but I'd say go straight to the source and talk to us, because this woman gives a very biased view.
kyxshi's review
2.0
I cannot stand her tone. The data was interesting (even if some of it felt a little cherry-picked). I think I struggled with this book because she groups people born the same year as me in with “iGen” (PLEASE just call it “Gen Z!”) and I found a lot of her observations (even though most are backed up by at least some data) utterly unrelatable. Maybe my social circles and I are outliers, but I spent most of the time reading this book wondering who the hell she was talking about because most of it was so contradictory I my own experience. That doesn’t mean the info in this book isn’t true, but I still had a hard time with it.
(And my goodness she can be condescending.)
(And my goodness she can be condescending.)
frogknitting's review
informative
medium-paced
3.0
This was a very informative book, but it felt like it was 90% graphs and data. Additionally, we can see that Gen Z won out over iGen, and it seems sort of out of date, despite being only 4 years old, due to the pandemic. I spend at least 5+ hours a day online, yet I have to for schoolwork and classes. She talked about people going towards childish activities: yet, what are adult activities? What are adult hobbies? I don't know, it was fairly enjoyable still.