Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari 279 pages
Aziz Ansari has made a living of humorous commentary on the state of modern romance. This book is the blending of his comic insight in tandem with legitimate research conducted worldwide by leading social scientists to determine how, in this day and age, when social media provides unlimited opportunities to meet other people, reality is proving opposing logic. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, the ability to connect with and sort through these options is staggering…so why are people frustrated and ultimately not making the connections they anticipated?
Ansari combines his irreverent humor with cutting-edge social science to give us an unforgettable tour of our new romantic world. – I found neither irreverent humor nor cutting-edge nor unforgettable anything to justify this publisher-inspired critique. There are many laugh out loud observations and the international research is interesting, but ultimately, the commentary is repetitive and the study’s conclusions are predictable. Given Ansari’s comedic shtick, I assume listening to his oration in an audio version would be more entertaining than reading a research project that could have been satisfactorily summed up in a fraction of the pages.
Posted By: Regina C.
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