spiffysarahruby's review against another edition
3.0
More like a 3.5 rating.
This book was an enjoyable read authored by a mother/daughter pair. Some have described this book as, essentially, a long magazine article. *shrug* I thought it was well researched but not too heavy-handed.
I was born in 1982 so that makes me part of the earlist of Gen-Y-ers, and I've NEVER liked being compared to "that generation" of spoiled brats, etc. This book did give me some comfort though, because things (decisons, struggles, expectations, etc.) really aren't all that different for contemporary twenty-somethings than they were for young baby-boomers. It would have been interesting/useful to have more data on the lower-class and minorities, but the authors did warn the readet at the onset of the book that their research wasn't as exhaustive ad it could have been in those regards.
Though I will admit to feeling a twinge of a quarter-life on the horizon, I think learning what I did from this book will help keep that crisis from becoming nuclear, lol.
This book was an enjoyable read authored by a mother/daughter pair. Some have described this book as, essentially, a long magazine article. *shrug* I thought it was well researched but not too heavy-handed.
I was born in 1982 so that makes me part of the earlist of Gen-Y-ers, and I've NEVER liked being compared to "that generation" of spoiled brats, etc. This book did give me some comfort though, because things (decisons, struggles, expectations, etc.) really aren't all that different for contemporary twenty-somethings than they were for young baby-boomers. It would have been interesting/useful to have more data on the lower-class and minorities, but the authors did warn the readet at the onset of the book that their research wasn't as exhaustive ad it could have been in those regards.
Though I will admit to feeling a twinge of a quarter-life on the horizon, I think learning what I did from this book will help keep that crisis from becoming nuclear, lol.
mmichellemoore's review against another edition
4.0
As a twentysomething reading this ACK! I'm normal statistically speaking with everything in this book, none of it terrible but still ACK!
The Henig's do a great job of looking at some of the prevalent ideas of what a Millennial is and how they came to be this way. This book looks only at a small subset of 18-34 year olds but it remained hopeful in the treatment of analyzing behaviors and ideals. The recaps at the end of each chapter (notes for skimmers) and the interplay between mother and daughter made the book an enjoyable read. Rest assured Millennials, we're different but not a completely new subspecies (though how cool would Homo sapiens millennial be as a designation?) from our parents and older peers.
The Henig's do a great job of looking at some of the prevalent ideas of what a Millennial is and how they came to be this way. This book looks only at a small subset of 18-34 year olds but it remained hopeful in the treatment of analyzing behaviors and ideals. The recaps at the end of each chapter (notes for skimmers) and the interplay between mother and daughter made the book an enjoyable read. Rest assured Millennials, we're different but not a completely new subspecies (though how cool would Homo sapiens millennial be as a designation?) from our parents and older peers.
whitecat5000's review against another edition
1.0
DNF. Maybe this would have been more interesting if I had read it when it came out, but it seems repetitious and boring now.
juliahope's review against another edition
4.0
So I'm not crazy. That's pretty much what was going through my head the entire time I was reading this book. I am a twentysomething that after working very hard for four years has recently graduated college. However, much like many of the twentysomething's questioned for this book, I have no clue where I'm going to end up five years from now (or let's be honest, even one). The first three chapters were very relevant to me--I kind of skimmed through the "Baby Carriage" chapter. There were sentences in here that literally could have been taken out of my own diary.
Reading through this made me feel both comforted and anxious. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who feels stuck, depressed, like my college degree has no real value, and who is in more debt than I ever thought I'd be at the age of 23. However, while I was reading it dawned on me that I'm going to be turning 24 in a few months...which is almost 25...which is basically 30! (well, not really but this is what anxiety will do to a normally rational person's thought process) I realize this is exactly the sort of worrying this mother-daughter duo is bringing to light in this book.
The only complaint I would have is that the author's stick up for the "emerging adolescents" a little too much (which yes, this is kind of the whole point of the book, I know). I do agree with much of what they had to say but I also know far too many people in their 20's that are literally not even interested in growing up. They have no interest in even looking for a job let alone actually working and think they are entitled to whatever they want. They don't seem to account for the people who are just downright lazy and have no work ethic whatsoever.
Overall, this is the perfect book for any twentysomething out of college and parents of twentysomethings to read. It details psychological concepts and recounts recent studies done and their findings. Very, very interesting!
Reading through this made me feel both comforted and anxious. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who feels stuck, depressed, like my college degree has no real value, and who is in more debt than I ever thought I'd be at the age of 23. However, while I was reading it dawned on me that I'm going to be turning 24 in a few months...which is almost 25...which is basically 30! (well, not really but this is what anxiety will do to a normally rational person's thought process) I realize this is exactly the sort of worrying this mother-daughter duo is bringing to light in this book.
The only complaint I would have is that the author's stick up for the "emerging adolescents" a little too much (which yes, this is kind of the whole point of the book, I know). I do agree with much of what they had to say but I also know far too many people in their 20's that are literally not even interested in growing up. They have no interest in even looking for a job let alone actually working and think they are entitled to whatever they want. They don't seem to account for the people who are just downright lazy and have no work ethic whatsoever.
Overall, this is the perfect book for any twentysomething out of college and parents of twentysomethings to read. It details psychological concepts and recounts recent studies done and their findings. Very, very interesting!
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