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Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture by Caroline Dooner
clawzzz's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this book until googling what the author is up to today. The book started talking about her website/web presence so I wanted to investigate and ewww. Full on anti-trans pro-trump anti-psychiatric meds bullshittery.
I’m leaving the 4 stars because the book is a 4 star book, but the irony of her joining the anti-woke qult after getting famous for being critical of diet cults isn’t lost on me.
I’m leaving the 4 stars because the book is a 4 star book, but the irony of her joining the anti-woke qult after getting famous for being critical of diet cults isn’t lost on me.
closofly's review against another edition
2.0
There is no “self-help” in this book. Or at least the few times there is, it’s hard to even pick out in between all the author’s whining… this book felt like when you get lunch with that friend that only talks about themselves and complains the whole time.
The only part that wasn’t exhausting was the last littleeeee chunk that actually touched on burnout/hustle culture. Probably 85% was about dieting and her life struggles with her appearance. Wouldn’t recommend
The only part that wasn’t exhausting was the last littleeeee chunk that actually touched on burnout/hustle culture. Probably 85% was about dieting and her life struggles with her appearance. Wouldn’t recommend
mkaybaker07's review against another edition
5.0
It's been a long time since I've read a book that feels like the gentle kick in the ass I needed at that moment in my life. Her book is mostly memoir (that I found ridiculously relatable at times), but she devotes the last 1/4 to approaching rest and creating boundaries for yourself and how it's okay to say no to things if you don't have the space for them. Will definitely be revisiting parts of this in the coming months, because truly, this book came at the right time for me, and I'll be recommending it to all of my busy, probably also burnt out, friends as a "hey, it's okay to slow down."
So so so good.
So so so good.
lisalikesstuff's review against another edition
3.0
I'm a bit torn about this book. I really enjoyed Dooner's first book The F*ck It Diet, and got some helpful insights out of that one. This one was an interesting read and provided more insight into where Dooner was coming from with The F*ck It Diet. And I think burn out is a very real result of diet culture. But I kind of expected a bit more about how to deal with it, I guess?
thebookishnook's review against another edition
1.0
Mmm… dnf at 28%
Thought it would talk about overwhelming consumer culture and hustle culture but it is definitely a passive aggressive white woman rant about all the “trials and tribulations” she’s been through. Though most of the things she’s been through are things many of us go through (acceptance of self, disliking yourself as a teenager, struggling with one’s relationship to food), she’s not relatable at all.
Also trigger warning for this book. There are lots of things (such as diet culture) that are talked about in a very off handed and potentially very triggering capacity.
Not for me, which is crazy coz I’m the target audience.
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Thought it would talk about overwhelming consumer culture and hustle culture but it is definitely a passive aggressive white woman rant about all the “trials and tribulations” she’s been through. Though most of the things she’s been through are things many of us go through (acceptance of self, disliking yourself as a teenager, struggling with one’s relationship to food), she’s not relatable at all.
Also trigger warning for this book. There are lots of things (such as diet culture) that are talked about in a very off handed and potentially very triggering capacity.
Not for me, which is crazy coz I’m the target audience.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
jennagrace_m's review against another edition
3.0
Like other self-help by way of memoir with an expletive in the title books (ex. Buy Yourself the Fucking Lilies), some of this resonated deeply with me and some of it didn't. I'll take what struck a cord and leave what didn't. I agree with many other reviewers here that Caroline definitely has a level of privilege that can be a bit grating (at one point she writes something along the lines of, "Did you know working 40 hours is actually too much?" and like...yes girl, I did, because I do.) But I also think Caroline would agree! Things really got good for me when she got to the parts about her period of rest and our addiction to busyness. It also is interesting to really see laid out plainly and in chronological order how messed up societal and cultural messaging around food, image, dieting, and productivity can really accumulate and compound over time.
bmcprior's review against another edition
3.0
I’ve never preordered a book— but this one I did. I so enjoyed The Fuck It Diet book that I was thrilled to hear there was a sequel on a topic I care deeply about. However; this book wasn’t really about rest. It was mostly about the author, Caroline Dooner, and her life. It is, in essence, a memoir and that is not at all what I was expecting. I do, however love the way Dooner writes and her humor. I would have chosen to read her memoir. But… I was expecting this book to be a sort-of sequel to her first book but instead I learned a lot about WHY she needed to rest instead of what her rest looked like or taught her. There was a shockingly small amount of the book dedicated to the “two years of rest”. Honestly, that was just a few sentences here and there. I enjoyed it and the last fifth of the book was informative. I really do hope one day we get a more through book about the “two years of rest” and why we need rest.