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You Will Get Through This Night by Daniel Howell

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thepetitepunk's review against another edition

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4.0

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pvid's review against another edition

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challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I was hesitant to read this book because so many self-help books are a bit sus if not genuinely harmful. But Dan has written something so amazing and useful here. This book is full of practical, science-based advice on how to improve your mental health, ranging from short-term remedies for bad nights to long-term healing advice. I would recommend this to anyone who has bad nights and wants to feel better but doesn’t know where to start (though I might add a warning about the innuendos lol). I might buy myself a physical copy so I have the exercises on hand when I need a boost. The audiobook also has audio exercises, a timer, and even a lo-fi beats track with inspirational quotes. Hearing Dan’s familiar voice read it made it all the more special, like I was getting advice from an old friend.

christineponkey's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5/5
- I'm not a self-help reading girlie but I thought this was alright.
- lots of basic tips; the book is really useful in the way Dan has described it - as a bare bones practical guide to mental health
- I think some things might be oversimplified and there's a lack of nuance. But I guess for the general public most of these tips will work
- I forgot how much Dan writes like the way he talks in Youtube videos (which in hindsight, I guess all have written scripts anyway)

graveyardpansy's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 — not surprised at all, but still kinda disappointing personally. i think one of the largest public conversations surrounding mental health should be how oppressive systems and capitalism absolutely destroy it, and this book only brushed over that pretty lightly. i do think a lot of the advice the book offered was valuable — nothing was new to me, but a lot was stuff i’ve learned in classes or given as advice myself before. it’s not a bad book! just relatively basic and not what i personally want out of a mental health guide. i wish it’d been less individual-focused, i guess? just not for me.

also i think it needs more editing lmao there were some truly unclear sentences