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Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari,

Eric Klinenberg

Why we're reading this: Written by a comedian, written by a celebrity
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Nov 03, 2015 Nadine in NY Jones rated it really liked it

Shelves: humor, non-fiction, social-issues-social-sciences, audio, multiple-authors

This is really interesting, and Aziz Ansari is funny, I enjoyed it A LOT more than I thought I would!! But it also feels padded, and Ansari is trying too hard to be funny sometimes. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.

Also, I want to commend Ansari for being a fantastic feminist - it never feels like he's trying, but like it is his natural reaction, and it is awesome.

(Disclaimer, this quote is not from the book. It's just awesome.)

I'm both amused and confused by Aziz's apparent conviction that I am lazy ...more

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Sep 01, 2017 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction, american-nonfiction

This was quite a fun read, especially if you're an Aziz Ansari fan (and why wouldn't you be, really?). I appreciated that a celebrity actually undertook a research project not directly-related to the TV show he's currently working on (and all credit to Eric Klinenberg, the sociologist who guided him through it). Given that I never really online dated - just missed that cultural phenomenon, mostly because of geography - it was just as fascinating to read about some of the basically-pointless norm ...more

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Jul 14, 2015 Stacy rated it liked it

Aziz has written a really well-researched and interesting book. He takes us into the world of digital dating. He doesn't just use his own experience, he has test groups and phd's backing up his information. This is a great book for anyone dating in the digital age. ...more

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Jan 02, 2016 Leanne rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, 2016

Started reading this after hearing Aziz on This American Life and it was already on my TBR shelf.

Not a ton of shocking new information and felt like some repetition. Interesting read, though. Made me think about my past dating life and was amusing to hear the anecdotes from the people in their focus group.

Audiobooked this one as I am tending to do with celebrity non-fiction.

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