3.5 rounded to 4, was entertained but it probably won't linger in my brain, much like the '00s ephemera this exudes.

I've never read HUNTER S THOMPSON, but as I was reading I thought, "hm, is this gonzo memoir?" I was in high school during this period, but worlds away from Kate Flannery's move to LA from the east coast and her whirlwind first year with American Apparel. I vaguely remember thinking the vertical integration was neat (American made! everything done in house! also the ads are all horny?) but definitely not available in my podunk hometown. Soaked in optimism and conflicting ethos (sexually liberating or exploitative? Empowered by wearing multiple hats or overworked?), Flannery navigates how she wants to move forward in the world, running into assumptions from family and other coworkers about her job and her infamous bossman.

A quick read, a nice slice of memoir.