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The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
3.0
informative reflective medium-paced

 This book discusses some pretty well known and key events in the 1990s, from presidential races to pop culture. I was born in 1988 and grew up mostly in the 1990s. I remember a lot of these events, such as when cell phones became the norm. (I still remember our landline number from when I was five, though.) It also discusses the world pre-9/11 and how that affected society and other issues. (I was in eighth grade during the events on 9/11, and I remember very clearly how different the whole world was the next day.)

I am going down my Audible library, trying to get the amount of books I have not listened to yet under control, and this one happened to be next in the queue. I learned a little about Ross Perot, whom I knew very little about. It was kind of fun to relive some of these big 1990s milestones, and think about the music and film influences. This was not my favorite book that I have read so far this year, but it certainly wasn't a terrible book. I would rate it as pretty middle of the road, but there is some good value in it.