Millennial Love

Name: Millennial Love
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Olivia Petter
ISBN: 9780008412333

Author: Olivia Petter

Narrator: Olivia Petter

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Published: 07/08/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Social Science, Popular Culture Studies

Synopsis

A 2021 ‘BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR’ – THE INDEPENDENT ‘ ‘Funny and honest.’ Pandora Sykes ‘Offers readers of all stripes and ages a great overview of relationships in the digital era’. Matt Haig In Millennial Love journalist Olivia Petter explores the questions, quirks and anxieties that consume the contemporary dating landscape. Olivia scrutinises the myths surrounding modern romance and asks why, despite having endless technology designed to aid communication, it’s harder to meet someone now than ever before. The book is based on the Independent’s chart-topping podcast of the same name and expands on some of the issues discussed on the show, including why contraception is a feminist issue, how dating apps have altered our understanding of attraction, and how 'Love Island' became the unlikely lens through which the consequences of so many of these things were exposed. Other topics covered include read receipt anxiety, why we need to rethink our relationship with porn, and the significance of ‘sliding into someone’s DMs’. By combining memoir with social commentary and insights from former podcast guests, including , and , Millennial Love is an essential handbook on what it means to love today.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura

Every woman born after 1970 should read this book. I’ve actually never listened to the chart-topping podcast of the same name, but this memoir combined with social commentary and interviews was insightful and timely—highly recommend. (Even though I don’t personally identify as a millennial lol.)......more

Goodreads review by Joana

I was so excited about this book and was very surprised by the honesty I found in it. Olivia Petter writes about her views on topics that affect especially dating in your 20s but she also details her own experiences with it. Really enjoyed it and took some interesting learnings out of it.......more

Goodreads review by thekindlegram

How much sleep have I lost over being left on read, stalking a potential Bumble date before crafting the *perfect* opening line and wondering whether I’ve been blocked by an ex or if they’re “just taking an insta break”? Sadly, A LOT! Millennial Love nails dating in the modern age, but also provides......more

Goodreads review by Eleanor

I enjoyed elements of this book and the topics were interesting. The anecdotes from the author were really relevant and funny, I really love how self-effacing and honest she is, it’s something I like to read from authors when they write about themselves. I would have enjoyed the book more if it had......more

Goodreads review by Satta

I really loved reading (and listening) to this book! Petter does a great job of exploring millennial dating is and looks like. Being a millennial who is dating, this book is so relatable. Through anecdotes and stats, Petter details different aspects from dating apps, the #MeToo movement, pornography......more

Quotes

‘Millennial Love is easy to read and Petter is an engaging guide to sensitive, personal subjects. The author is also remarkably candid about her own insecurities and mistakes, and brave enough to detail some of her own harrowing experiences. Hopefully, this honest, important book will leave a lot of young readers feeling more reassured and better informed about their own lives.’ ‘A mouthpiece for our anxieties and a tonic for our hearts, Petter perfectly dissects why we’re not insane when it comes to love, the realities are their own madness.’ ‘Funny and honest.’ ‘Olivia Petter is a great journalist and a sharp-eyed chronicler of modern life and offers readers of all stripes and ages a great overview of relationships in the digital era’. ‘This is a sharp, funny and reassuring memoir-cum-chronicle of the modern dating landscape, charting everything from the trope of “the cool girl” to the tribulations of contraception in a voice that melds journalistic scrutiny with commendable frankness. Petter’s is a world in which Sylvia Plath, Love Island, Pandora Sykes and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days collide with satisfying verve…’ ‘Honest, hilarious and heart-breaking’ ‘Olivia Petter archly discusses and deconstructs the trials and tribulations of dating today with the help of former podcast guests including Munroe Bergdorf and Elizabeth Day, to brilliant effect.’