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mariabacterium's review
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, and Infidelity
Moderate: Racism, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Minor: Death and Grief
blueyogi's review
4.0
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Infertility, Dysphoria, Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, and Eating disorder
maeframe's review
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexism, Racism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Infidelity
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
3.0
Part memoir and part self-help, Untamed is Glennon’s story of self-discovery and empowerment.
I listened to this one entirely because I needed a “U” book for a reading challenge and I remembered hearing a lot about it a few years back. It was fine, nothing particularly groundbreaking in my opinion, and not really my usual type of read, but with some nice moments and takeaways.
This one definitely subscribes to the school of “girl boss” feminism, which is *fine* (lots of the time I subscribe to that school myself!) but can get a little grating in parts. I definitely felt like some moments were a bit preachy or over the top, but overall I get what the author was trying to do here, and it more or less worked well.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend this, but give it a shot if it sounds good to you!
CW: drug use/addiction; homophobia; infidelity, sexism
Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Sexism, and Infidelity
trainreader's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Cursing, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Abortion, Body shaming, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Sexism, and Grief
jennabeck13's review
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry
parasolcrafter's review
1.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy
deetabz's review
3.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Addiction, Bullying, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Grief, Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Racism, and Sexism
Minor: Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Sexual content
kelly_e's review against another edition
4.0
Author: Glennon Doyle
Genre: Non Fiction
Rating: 4.00
Pub Date: March 10, 2020
T H R E E • W O R D S
Digestible • Reflective • Empowering
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Four years ago, Glennon Doyle—bestselling Oprah-endorsed author, renowned activist and humanitarian, wife and mother of three—was speaking at a conference when a woman entered the room. Glennon looked at her and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. Soon she realized that they came to her from within.
Glennon was finally hearing her own voice—the voice that had been silenced by decades of cultural conditioning, numbing addictions, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl Glennon had been before the world told her who to be. She vowed to never again abandon herself. She decided to build a life of her own—one based on her individual desire, intuition, and imagination. She would reclaim her true, untamed self.
💭 T H O U G H T S
I read Untamed in small weekly sections along with a handful of other women as part of an online group, and I am not sure if I would have picked it up otherwise. Reading and discussing it with other women really enhanced the experience as a whole and I definitely got more out of it than I would have had I read it along.
I decided the best way for me to consume this book would be by listening to the audio, which is read by Glennon herself. While I couldn't relate to many of the chapters and topics, the ones that I did relate to really struck a chord. Part memoir, part self-help, part essay collection, it is written in a way that is easily digestible. However, there really isn't a consistent timeline or flow to how it is organized. I didn't mind this, but I know it will not work for some people.
After listening to Untamed there is no doubt in my mind Glennon is an incredibly powerful activist and speaker. I could see how this book could easily rub some people the wrong way, yet for me there were parts which were empowering. I have since started listening to Glennon's podcast, and I would consider reading something else she writes in the future.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• Brené Brown fans
• book clubs
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"She said this: 'I've spent the past week considering your question. I can imagine a thousand easier stories about mothers and sons. I can think of a million happier ones. But I cannot imagine a single story truer or more beautiful than the heartbreaking one I'm living now, with my boys.'"
"The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one. We need to let go of the lie that it's supposed to be."
"Perhaps the only thing that makes grief any easier is to surrender completely to it. To resist trying to hold on to a single part of ourselves that existed before the doorbell rang. Sometimes to live again, we have to let ourselves die completely. We have to let ourselves become completely, utterly, new."
"Depression and anxiety are not feelings. Feelings return me to myself. Depression and anxiety are body snatchers that suck me out of myself so that I appear to be there but I'm really gone. Other people can still see me, but no one can feel me anymore - including me. For me, the tragedy of mental illness is not that I'm sad but that I'm not anything. Mental illness makes me miss my own life."
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Body shaming
Moderate: Sexism, Racism, Police brutality, Homophobia, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy