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A review by imstephtacular
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

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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

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