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3.84 AVERAGE
9.24.20
I really loved this book. I can't wait to re-read it & annotate it & come back with a full review.
I really loved this book. I can't wait to re-read it & annotate it & come back with a full review.
This was delightful. I appreciated the author’s honesty and vulnerability.
A delightful read and very well written. We always go after self-help books targeting to create a "better me", while the whole time not appreciating the "unique me" that all of us already are. This one paragraph from the book says it all-
"But I see now that perfection does not exist and happiness comes not from getting what you think you want but from opening your eyes and recognizing that you have everything you could possibly need right now".
"But I see now that perfection does not exist and happiness comes not from getting what you think you want but from opening your eyes and recognizing that you have everything you could possibly need right now".
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Elegí este libro porque había escuchado en un vídeo de YouTube a una BookTuber que era muy divertido, y pensé que era lo que necesitaba en estos momentos: un libro ligero y ameno. Pero nada más lejos de la realidad.
Al principio sí que hubo alguna situación graciosa, pero poco a poco el libro ha ido tornando en una historia muy dura. La escritora nos describe un año de su vida en el que vivió obsesionada con encontrar la felicidad, y para ello se propone poner en práctica los consejos que va encontrando en los libros denominados de autoayuda. 12 meses, 12 libros. Y por el camino va perdiendo amigos, dinero, y hasta el sentido común.
En realidad me ha parecido una historia triste y desesperada.
Aunque al final la cosa mejora un poco y, si lo pienso, puedo considerarlo un libro de autoayuda en sí mismo, ya que resume las premisas de muchos de estos libros y tiene una moraleja final.
Al principio sí que hubo alguna situación graciosa, pero poco a poco el libro ha ido tornando en una historia muy dura. La escritora nos describe un año de su vida en el que vivió obsesionada con encontrar la felicidad, y para ello se propone poner en práctica los consejos que va encontrando en los libros denominados de autoayuda. 12 meses, 12 libros. Y por el camino va perdiendo amigos, dinero, y hasta el sentido común.
En realidad me ha parecido una historia triste y desesperada.
Aunque al final la cosa mejora un poco y, si lo pienso, puedo considerarlo un libro de autoayuda en sí mismo, ya que resume las premisas de muchos de estos libros y tiene una moraleja final.
Probably the only self help book you’ll ever read. I would highly recommend it to those who feel lost and don’t know where to start. I think, apart from the Power of Now, I won’t be reading another self-help book.
It truly helped me find peace that I’ve been looking for for months.
It truly helped me find peace that I’ve been looking for for months.
Gives a decent summary of the self-help genre if you're too busy to read them all individually, but unfortunately the majority of the book is centered on a woman who reads like a two-dimensional ripoff of a Candace Bushnell character. I guess this might be meaningful to people who still live in a Bridget Jones world, obsessed with losing weight and unable to get a fucking library card (how many crappy books did she put on her credit card for this project?!).
This book is saving me the hassle of ever wanting to read any of these self help books. A couple of them I'm interested but this book sums up the lessons enough that I don't think I need to even read the real book. Marianne's story is very touching and her journey was well written in this book.