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mdorsey1206's review against another edition
3.0
Loved how the book emphasized the importance of slowing down and what it costs. I still loved “A Year of Less” a little more, but found important bits of information in this book as well.
james7634's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
The older I get the more I’m interested in finding a way to live an intentional and more fulfilling life. So I was excited to get the book but was overall not very impressed. This is the second or third book in this memoirist career where she talks about her experience decluttering and giving up a stable home life for a more nomadic life which she documents. There is a lot of white person privilege, basic white bitch. At one point she talks about how much she loves eat pray love how much she loves Cheryl strayed. And this book is written in the same mindset. She talks about environmentalism but then also brags about traveling internationally and how she is dedicated one person of her income to fight climate change because that feels right. So it’s not a bad book I think if you were younger it would be more inspiring than the perspective I have as an older person. She does equate taking chances in life with a hike. So she’ll say that when you make a new decision and you start to act on that new decision or that new lifestyle it’ll be just like when you’re starting a hike and you see something really pretty. Or as you continue to make these life changes that’s a little bit like going up a slope. I don’t think it was a bad book and I don’t think it was a great book. I felt that she meandered a bit and I felt just kind of blah about the whole experience.
lettsreadmorebooks's review against another edition
3.0
This was a struggle for me. I think maybe more directed at readers in their 20’s. Not quite what I was hoping for.
ejmiddleton's review against another edition
3.0
Eh. Maybe 2.5? I liked she went over some mundane crap that stops one from making a change of any kind, like what to do when plan A fails. I did not like the stories of all the other bloggers and Podcasters she lived her best life with, though it is interesting to think that even opting out/traveling/minimalism can lead to competitively opting out/traveling/minimalism.
It was harder to identify with the sheer amount of free time she has. It isn't a judgment, just the truth right now. This was like watching someone else's life going: who knew people lived this way?
It was harder to identify with the sheer amount of free time she has. It isn't a judgment, just the truth right now. This was like watching someone else's life going: who knew people lived this way?
ruggierolauren2's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.0
haleynelsonpermar's review against another edition
3.0
I love the topic, but I couldn’t get into the metaphor. Maybe it’s because I hike so much...it seemed cheesy to me. I still love supporting Cait’s work though. She seems like a stellar human being.
kelatta's review against another edition
2.0
As someone who is counting down to my own "opt out," I really wanted to like this book. There were certainly pieces of it that were insightful and I appreciated the straightforward writing style. But the hiking metaphors grew tiresome, the "opt outs" proliferated until the concept was fairly meaningless, and ultimately I couldn't bring myself to finish the last few pages.
zippyelly's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0