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A review by imstephtacular
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
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
Graphic: Cancer and Medical content
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War