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Αδάμαστη by Glennon Doyle

100 reviews

sunpuddles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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This was a very quick paced, enjoyable and empowering read. I love the way she interspersed larger insights and concepts with her own stories and reflections. It was eminently readable. That said, I wasn’t totally blown away by the concept. I feel like these ideas of societal constraints and unlearning them is something that I’m sure some have never reflected on or considered and most of this is all been in my brain before at some time or other - whether that was through other reading, sociology and psychology classes, or just my own musings.  That said, her conversational tone and really assessable writing style made them feel fresh and such a joy to discover again. She told her stories with wit and truth and vulnerability, which is always a joy to read.  I would love to gift this book to a child and particularly a young woman headed off to college.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny

jasperoz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book is beautiful. It's the sort of book that once you're finished, you want to go out into the world and live and learn and love and create and be all in. The writing is incredible and is so moving and meaningful. I feel like I've learnt a lot about myself, purely just from reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Murder

kelseyland's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Doyle's story is a fascinating one and I was very interested in her journey from poster child for the mainstream Christian(TM) wife and mother to someone who learned how to prioritize her own needs and desires. At the same time, she often talks about/to women as a broad category, but it felt to me like most of what she has to say would be most meaningful and useful to a very specific category of white, straight, middle to upper-class Christian women. The section on faith, religion, and the modern American church was the most impactful for me, and I also loved the glimpses into Doyle's marriage to soccer player Abby Wambach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

jenilynfrank's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

scollinsphoto's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Gun violence

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

4.0

I haven’t read Doyle’s previous works, but I really enjoyed Untamed. While a bit preachy at times, Doyle tells her readers how important it is to trust their intuition. She writes in a way that is easy to understand and is intuitive. I especially enjoyed hearing more about her marriage with Abby Wambach, how they met, and the way in which they have raised their children. I would say that the intended audience is probably those with children, but Doyle’s wisdom provides an insightful perspective.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

lameyloser's review against another edition

emotional inspiring slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, and Police brutality

lksanders's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

Untamed is a humorous exploration of difficult personal experiences.  Glennon Doyle provides readers with inspiring advice to live.  "Being human is not hard because you’re doing it wrong, it’s hard because you’re doing it right."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

irene_fueyo_gomez's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings