While I'm no longer a "young adult" this compilation by John Hawkins is a useful resource for young adults. It's easy to read and well organized.

Some great tips and a wonderful basic guide for younger young adults. But i have to say that its a little sad how the author seems rather focused on pushing specific gender roles that i think especially in todays world are neither necessarily or should be something that young adults should learn.
But overall not a bad book for basic knowledge.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book.
Thanks to NetGalley and River Grove Books for the opportunity to read and review 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know by John Hawkins. Great guide full of helpful, down to earth tips for just about every situation a young adult/adult might find themselves in. The advice is given in sections that work together and focus on keeping balance in 6 key areas of life: health, career, romantic, social, money, and religion. This nonfiction book is helpful and to the point and answers questions about friendships, all sorts of relationships, proper ways to tip waitresses and other service employees, personal time spent and how to achieve and keep happiness. 5 stars!

This book is very Conservative American Dad. It's the kind of well-meaning but potentially damaging advice that you would expect from your dad. Dismissive of gender, sex, liberals, abuse, poverty, mental illness and has a weird fascination with guns. I give it two stars because some of it is ok advice and it's entertainingly written for the most part, but I couldn't advise anyone to get it for their kid.

I recommend that you read this book if you want some serious yet, not serious life tips. Throughout this book, various pieces of advice were offered for the taking. Even though I couldn’t relate to all the advice, it was still enjoyable and helpful reading it as one day I might be able to give that advice to someone else.

I received a ARC of this through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 4/5

A must have for any adult, young or old who is trying to get through this thing called life.

John has the most positive, upbeat language and tone I've read regarding advice. I loved that there was no pandering through the 11 chapters which touched on Friendship, Love, Social Situations, No Regrets, Monet Matters, Adulting, Health, Career, Success, Be Responsible and Self-Awareness. All adults, young or otherwise, could use a reminder in multiple topics. Most topics are common sense and include personal experience or quotes that the author thought appropriate to include.

I looked most forward to and was most disappointed with the money section. I thought there would be more detailed information on management and comparison of financial options (renting vs. buying a house).

The love section was small and lacking some simple advice like dating multiple partners to find what works for you as well as a safe sex message. I did I find this section was highly stereotyped regarding gender in both society and attraction (masculinity and femininity). It made me a bit uncomfortable. I just carried on after it.

This book will go well with my life skills rant I give my graduating grade 12's in June. It includes more hand on life skills such as learning how to properly merge with a vehicle, writing thank you notes, digital etiquette and common things they have shared that they do not know yet. John's book and my rant make a great combination to send off for life success.

Wonderful book for the young adult. Love it so much buying it for my son

I was sent the book John Hawkins’s book 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know from Netgalley to review as something a bit different from my usual reads. It is full of lessons that young adults need in order to get the most out of life and the complications of the world. It provides advice everyone can benefit from in small chapters and tells of the problems, pitfalls and pleasures of becoming an adult for the first time. It is very informative and written with a lot of humour with lots of anecdotes from his own life and from the lives of people he knew. Not really my cup of tea, but useful and funny for new adults and their parents to read to gain some insight into this crazy world.

Refreshing, super useful and a must-have handbook for all teens learning about pieces of life.

Overall: 4.8/5
Cover: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Content: 4.5/5
Appealing: 5/5

I can't say that all of the author's advice is new (Well, life's what it is, that's how the world goes..), but this book is definitely of book all teens should read. Breaking his own life experiences and life philosophy into bullet points and chapters, the author provide insights from an adult's life journey, and wrote this book in a language that all young adults are able to understand. Most self-improvement books are pretty boring for most teens like me (I'm 18) --- trust me, I read a lot, out of curiosity, mostly --- but Mr. Hawkins' book is a handbook that you wish you can have on your shelf during your teen years, and perhaps want to keep it even after you leave school and enter the workforce. Separated into categories, young readers can quickly find answers they need and new knowledge to learn while moving on forward on their career paths.

Conclusion: 100 percent recommendable, 100 percent buy-worthy.

Really enjoyed it. Some advice are really useful and others are a bit biased to his personal opinions, which is okay since this book is based on his personal experience. I really like the writing tone, it's like the author giving advice to a friend over lunch, rather like a parents giving lecture or conscending tone people usually use to younger people. The anecdotes and examples used were very appropriate.

An absolute gem! I am definitely going to make sure that both my classroom and school library get copies of this book. It sets the right tone between humour and information all wrapped up in a very readable package. I think that Hawkins' use of his own experiences is what really makes this book as it ensures that he comes across as genial and helpful, rather than preachy or know-all.
The use of humour is really effective as his funny interjections provide a dose of welcome light relief in dealing with some serious subjects. I actually am going to recommend that my fellow teachers read it as well as the pupils as I think that they might also get a lot out of it. A great fun and practical read. I enjoyed it a great deal.

This book has 101 chapters that give young adults advice about how to get the most out of life. Hawkins uses his life experience to help kids in their late teens to early 20s live their best life, and hopefully learn from some of his mistakes. A highly recommended book for all young adults!

After reading the summary, I thought it might be interesting to have a look and (why not?) check how I fared now that I’m more a regular adult than a “new adult”. Overall, this self-help book is very interesting and can definitely be useful to the young adult population in their early twenties.

The book offers sound advice and the author sounds like a benevolent father figure or big brother. Some things are more targeted at young men, which is logical because the book is written from a male perspective. At times, it even amused me to see advice about how to clean your place! But, there’s something for everyone in it even though I’ll go as far as saying that sometimes it’s more relevant for an American audience. As a non-American reader, I can say that some references are very foreign and non-applicable. Having said that, I would recommend this book because you can glean some valuable life tips. The author has clearly been leading a multifaceted, riveting life. So, he can legitimately offer valid guidance. There’s one tip that also applies to my situation and that I support 100% — it is about finding something you love in life and that you’ll be ready to do for free until you can make a career out it. Basically, life is short, so be mindful what you do with the little time you’ve been given.

It is an interesting self-help book with a (logically) strong American perspective, but regardless of your cultural background, I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading it.

101 THINGS ALL YOUNG ADULTS SHOULD KNOW BY JOHN HAWKINS
This is written for people of all ages. It is written in a conversational style. When he talks about friendships he states that YOU are the one that has to make it happen. That means with some friends, if you don't reach out to them, the friendship will die. Setting hard boundaries in your personal life. Human beings test each other's limits. It's part of what we do--and in certain areas, some of us will go further than others. So what happens when someone who likes to push it to the limit runs up against another person who can't say NO?
To put it another way, people get treated as well or as badly as they allow themselves to be treated. That doesn't mean that people with boundaries don't ever get treated poorly; it means they don't allow it to continue.

You will become like the people you spend the most time with. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Choose your friends wisely because they aren't only your friends; they're people who have an outsized influence on who you're going to become as a person. Most of this is just plain common sense, but could be helpful to the 18 year old. Don't loan money to your friends. I'm not talking about a "Hey, I forgot my wallet, spot me $20.00 until tonight." sort of loan; I'm talking about "The rent's due and I'm broke. Can you help me out? I swear I'll pay you next week!" Again common sense, but to an 18 year old could be helpful to read this book. Why shouldn't you loan your friend's money?

For the simplest reason in the world: you'd like to continue to be their friend. Most of the time when people ask you for money, it's because they're terrible with money in the first place. That's why they don't have any. They're in a mortgage or car they can't afford, they have too much lifestyle for their salary. This is very much common sense, but could be valuable information to an 18 year old. Alternatively if you have the money to spare give it to them as a gift. I have been happy to do that over the years. This is knowledge we all know as an adult that is why I would buy this book for an 18 year old. That demographic will be interested in the information or advice in this book. It is written to easily understand. It is not boring, more like a conversation. I will buy my two son's this book, whether they read it is up to them.

Thank you to Net Galley, John Hawkins and the Publisher for my digital copy for a fair and honest review.