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teajay's review
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
Loved this book! It was just the right combination (for me) of things I already knew said clearly and things that I needed to hear someone say. Gonna recommend this to several chronically burned out people in my life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Self harm, and Addiction
Moderate: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Mental illness, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Slavery, Ableism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Classism
zombiezami's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
tense
fast-paced
4.25
This book made me mad and fired up in the best possible way. Some of this information was stuff I already knew here and there, but it was great to see it laid out all together. I didn't necessarily relate to the compulsion to overwork that the author and their interviewees experienced; I'm pretty adamant about leaving work at work. Still, I notice this around me, and I know it's because of larger structural issues that make people feel they have to behave this way.
I definitely feel that the beginning of the book was stronger than the latter portions. I understood that the laziness lie applied to areas other than labor, but I think the author could have made those connections to other areas a little more clear. Still, I loved this, and it gave me a lot to think about.
I definitely feel that the beginning of the book was stronger than the latter portions. I understood that the laziness lie applied to areas other than labor, but I think the author could have made those connections to other areas a little more clear. Still, I loved this, and it gave me a lot to think about.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Self harm
Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Genocide, and Racism
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