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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
I listened to the audiobook which I know is how I got through this; not sure I would have loved another format. Having never listened to the podcast, I found her take on each section refreshing, insightful, and smart. It made me want to open up more in these areas of my own life - and her interview subjects and personal experience highlighted how much we would all benefit from talking more about hard things.
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I'm a fan of Anna Sale's NPR show Death, Sex and Money, and when another NPR program, All of It, named Sale's book as their June pick for their Get Lit Bookclub I was eager to read it. I opted to listen, which was great because it's read by Sale herself, which in a way made it feel like I was listening to a really long episode of her show.
It is a quick read/listen, broken up into 5 chapters where Sale interviews several people from various backgrounds and experiences with the topics of: Death, Sex, Money, Family and Identity. I enjoyed listening to real people explain their individual experiences and it definitely made me reflect on my own take on all five topics. It helped me to realize that there are some hard things I need to talk about with family and friends, and I'm hoping that when the time is right to have those conversations, I'll remember a lot of what I read here to help get me through.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Death, Sex and Money, and/or to anyone who is interested in learning more about how to dive into the idea of talking about the things we find most difficult.
It is a quick read/listen, broken up into 5 chapters where Sale interviews several people from various backgrounds and experiences with the topics of: Death, Sex, Money, Family and Identity. I enjoyed listening to real people explain their individual experiences and it definitely made me reflect on my own take on all five topics. It helped me to realize that there are some hard things I need to talk about with family and friends, and I'm hoping that when the time is right to have those conversations, I'll remember a lot of what I read here to help get me through.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Death, Sex and Money, and/or to anyone who is interested in learning more about how to dive into the idea of talking about the things we find most difficult.
Here are a few quick thoughts:
1) If you listen to the audiobook version, it’s almost mandatory to listen at 1.2x speed at the very least. The narration by the author is so slow and monotonous otherwise.
2) You can easily find much more insightful and in-depth books on each chapter topic. Since the book attempts to cover so many significant and substantial topics in such a compact book, each treatment is rather superficial.
3) The connective tissue that binds the interviews and advice together is actually a stealth memoir by the author. If I had been aware of this, I probably wouldn’t have bothered reading the book since I’m not a particularly devoted fan of hers.
I believe this book is another instance of a successful podcaster being compelled to write a book. However, their content doesn’t significantly deviate or expand upon the original podcast medium. Instead, I recommend listening to the Death, Sex, and Money podcast and exploring more in-depth stories and interviews.
1) If you listen to the audiobook version, it’s almost mandatory to listen at 1.2x speed at the very least. The narration by the author is so slow and monotonous otherwise.
2) You can easily find much more insightful and in-depth books on each chapter topic. Since the book attempts to cover so many significant and substantial topics in such a compact book, each treatment is rather superficial.
3) The connective tissue that binds the interviews and advice together is actually a stealth memoir by the author. If I had been aware of this, I probably wouldn’t have bothered reading the book since I’m not a particularly devoted fan of hers.
I believe this book is another instance of a successful podcaster being compelled to write a book. However, their content doesn’t significantly deviate or expand upon the original podcast medium. Instead, I recommend listening to the Death, Sex, and Money podcast and exploring more in-depth stories and interviews.
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emotional
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Basic instead of insightful. I don't think I gained much out of this one.
Listen to this one of audiobook!
Lots of insights that are worth thinking about. The author (who narrates the audiobook) is an NPR reporter and turns the listening into a fun 8hr podcast
Lots of insights that are worth thinking about. The author (who narrates the audiobook) is an NPR reporter and turns the listening into a fun 8hr podcast
This is a very specific book for a very specific time in your life and I could not relate enough to want to finish it.