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Αδάμαστη by Glennon Doyle

100 reviews

karingforbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Loved that it’s all anecdotes about her and how she sorted her life out, with little suggestions but she never preaches or insists one do it her way. It’s just her story and it’s lovely. Well written, too 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

veg_sbn's review against another edition

challenging funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Eating disorder

hannahmayhere's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is brilliant and transformational. I read it in small chunks as it was so deeply impactful. I found myself in good tears for the majority of it. A must read. 

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Content Warnings

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

emilieno's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

emmadub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

4.0

Overall, I think this is a good book, especially in the non-fiction/self-improvement category. I didn't really want to read it, but it has received so much hype, so I pushed through and I am glad I did. 

I worried it was going to be WASPy, but it really wasn't--maybe a bit individualistic/western if anything. 

Highlights: 

Nothing can be healed if it’s not sensed first 

Mercy and empathy are great threats to an unjust society

Every time you're given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else

Layering a judgment on top of a feeling doesn’t change the feeling 

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Content Warnings

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

gracer's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring fast-paced

3.0

 I think this is how self-help books have been reincarnated for the twenty-first century.

That’s not a bad thing. I’ve gotten a lot of good out of books like these, and I can even include this one. It’s a tough time and it’s nice to be reminded, for example, that “we can do hard things.” I loved the short chapters that made it easy to read a little before getting out of bed in the morning, like a little morning pep talk.

On the downside, it’s a little woo-woo, and a little more spiritual than is generally a good fit for me. More importantly, I felt the writing was strangely organized. The whole book is founded on the concept of a cheetah that’s been raised in captivity: Glennon is sure this animal knows there’s something more, and that feels like a pretty big and loose projection on which to base a 300-page book. And then the content within that seems random. I’m not sure it could have been organized differently, but it felt like a bunch of observations on her life thrown together.

I really liked the beginning and reading how Abby and Glennon met, but beyond that I would have preferred a bit more structure. It isn’t my book, though, so... okay.

The cover is awesome. Bright, colorful, gaudy, a little glittery, messy, and unapologetic. A metaphor, maybe? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Infidelity

5e6jsb9by's review against another edition

The core message is solid and an empowering way to think about your life and the be decisions you make/ way you think. The first half of the book focuses on the author’s story and explaining how she began to undo her thinking and live authentically. But the second half goes into detail on short anecdotes that cheapen that  message. Especially using values of honesty and integrity to justify looking at your children’s devices without permission really sits wrong. It went from paying attention to and living in accordance with your deeper truths and values to- do whatever you want. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

mimi_means_secret's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

poppyreads1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

klavanger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

I enjoyed a lot of what this book was about, and was able to take a lot of it away for myself. Some of it was a little less relatable, but I'm excited to share it with friends!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders