Lev’s Reviews > Does Anyone Else Feel This Way?: Essays on Conquering the Quarter-Life Crisis – A Candid New York Times Bestseller on Post-Grad Anxiety, Dating, and Finding Yourself > Status Update

I can tell Rallo went to journalism school as this current chapter feels very research heavy. Happy at my progress, and a fan of how she crafts sentences, but this book is a bit tedious.

I want to love this book. I do love this book, but Rallo’s writing is sometimes too long and repetitive for me to truly fall deeply in love with it. Perhaps I’m not used to reading self help books (true). Perhaps I’m uncomfortable reading this during the lowest point in my life career wise (also true). I’m a fan of hers, but I’d like to see more streamlined concepts.

I’m still enjoying this book, but I’m finding it hard to consume. I’m 27, work in retail after choosing to leave Hollywood assistant life behind, and feel nowhere closer to a new job than I was a year ago when I got fired. This feels very early career coded rather than helpful to my current experience.

I’m so incredibly impressed, and obsessed, with Eli Rallo. Genuinely one of the best written books I’ve read from someone my age. Although, she tends to overwrite concepts. Her life seems awesome. Very inspiring for who I want to be.

“Don’t you realize how lucky you are to be that passionate about something?”

I started this book on a whim, finding it buried under a pile of tote bags, and I’m so thankful that I did. The writing is incredibly fresh and engaging. I feel like I’m finally connecting with the inner turmoil I’ve been wrestling with due to my uncertain future.