A review by tsubramaniam
Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure by Amy Kaufman

3.0

I love it when journalists write books because they’re often thoroughly researched and sprinkled with little detailed nuggets of new information. This book delivered on both fronts. I thought the author did a good job of putting the show in context and I loved the academic insight. I had honestly assumed this book was published much earlier than it was so I was also pleasantly surprised to have heard of a few of the Bachelor Nation individuals cited within even though my viewing period was limited largely to my time in college. And in that vein, I appreciated the author’s note at the end which addressed some of the more recent criticisms of the show and that the book over all didn’t shy away from acknowledging the myriad criticisms about the show.