I would just add that the audience for this novel is painfully small- relatively-affluent-twenty-somethings-living-in-America small.ĭespite the prologue that encourages the reader to take into account the redeeming qualities of the main character (“He was an angel”), this is a really hard read. This information is NOT readily available in the world and I found that my thinking was in many ways aligned with Jay’s misinformed case studies. I really liked all the numbers and statistics Jay provides. Some more cohesion throughout would have made whatever the message of this book is stick a little better. But in the book, they’re written like… two separate books. I am smart enough to infer that these two ideas are not mutually exclusive. However, she concludes the book by talking concrete timelines, implying that 20-something’s should have their lives planned out, should be working toward career goals, should be dating to marry. This could probably have easily been fixed by a revised chapter order or simply keeping previous chapters & points in mind when writing later chapters.įor example, early on Jay talks about “Identity Capital”-the collection of interesting things you do in your twenties that may not be directly related to your career or future but which help shape your personal brand & sense of self. I am twenty-three, and I feel lukewarm about this book, mostly because taken together, the advice comes off in a jumble.
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