I wish I'd had this book when I was in college! I thought there was a lot of good advice and helpful in navigating the complexities of "adulting."

I felt like this was a good book but not to my taste. The advice was brilliant for any young adult but I did struggle to finish it.

This book was equal parts hilarious and poignant. It is very clearly written by a psychologist who has dealt with a lot of teens going through college--not just his daughter. I'm glad she inspired him to write this book and encouraged him to publish it! I feel as though a lot of college students struggle with how their life is supposed to work when they are away from a set structure for the first time and fail to structure their lives on their own. This is a great way to get them started along that path.

This was thoughtful and entertainingly written. I'd recommend it to everyone, not just young adults!

I received this as an ARC from Netgalley.com for an honest review.

I'm not the target audience for this advice/self-help/reflection book on being a better adult. I'm far older than the college-age young adult for which the book was written.

Even so, there's loads of good advice and reminders of choices and directions we older adults often fail to remember, lost in the miasma of the day-to-day.

A great and quick read for those looking for refreshers on being the adult you'd hoped you could or would become, no matter how old you now are.

From the introduction I was led to believe that this book was written by a father to his daughter to prepare her for college life. It sounded fantastic and I couldn't wait to read it! But, while reading and getting further into the chapters, it started to sound more and more like a business book. The entire emotional built-up dissipated into personal examples and rigid descriptions. Even if the initial book was written by father to daughter (which I don't really believe since the author mentioned how difficult it was to sit down and write it, with no mention at that point of the reason behind it), it lost too much by re-writing it for the public. Besides, I dislike books in which the author makes it clear that he or she is a writer and the reason for writing this book was to make a living -- which would be fair and honest up to a certain point. But that's not how you make a living, in my opinion. A more efficient approach is to actually write something that engages the reader at an intelectual and emotional level.

All that aside, I did find some interesting ideas that made sense. I may not agree with everything, but some of the chapters were quite inspiring and motivating.

This book is geared towards recent graduates but I would also target those trying to find their own way in life. The book actaully helped me with an ongoing midlife crisis and I chose my own adulthood a long time ago. I also love the nostalgic factor of the book being formatted as if it were a classic choose your own adventure book.

What an amazing book! I wish I could read it earlier when I was starting college. Now I'm starting to work so I'm following some advice. Plus, I loved the book chapter sequence travel! Unique!