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naileycormier's review against another edition
4.0
This one had me all in my feels! It’s full of humor, insight, compassion, and pure, vulnerable honesty. It’s a compilation of many letters written to the Dear Sugar advice column, and while every one might not reach you, there is bound to be at least one. It’s eye opening and heartbreaking all at once. A must read!
africanbookaddict's review against another edition
5.0
Re-read was just as excellent as the 1st time around! Review below (from last year). 12/15/18
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This was a heart-breaking, heart-warming and soul affirming collection of letters and responses by Sugar. It must have been hard work responding to these letter, because her replies, which are full of honesty and wisdom, show the multiple lives and lessons she's learnt throughout the years. I'm so glad I chose to listen to the audiobook over reading the book, because Strayed's voice is too familiar (thanks to the Dear Sugars podcast) for me not to have her read the book in my ears. Also, I think it would have gotten tiring reading letter after letter, wrought with REAL life struggles. I'll be listening to this (audio)book again and again and again. <3
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This was a heart-breaking, heart-warming and soul affirming collection of letters and responses by Sugar. It must have been hard work responding to these letter, because her replies, which are full of honesty and wisdom, show the multiple lives and lessons she's learnt throughout the years. I'm so glad I chose to listen to the audiobook over reading the book, because Strayed's voice is too familiar (thanks to the Dear Sugars podcast) for me not to have her read the book in my ears. Also, I think it would have gotten tiring reading letter after letter, wrought with REAL life struggles. I'll be listening to this (audio)book again and again and again. <3
caseymgreer1's review against another edition
5.0
This book was beautiful and made me cry multiple times
jesslolsen's review against another edition
5.0
I have never highlighted so many paragraphs in one book before.
The advice given by 'Sugar' is so raw and real, and even though the situation she is replying to might not apply to my life, there were so many things I want to remember because they touched a cord with me and I want to keep them for my future self, or so I can pass them on to someone I know at some stage.
The words that I would use to describe this book are: Motivating, Passionate, and Heartwarming.
* Motivating: it made me feel like I should get off my butt and stop reading to sort my life out. Be a better friend, be a better Mum, stop feeling sorry for myself.
* Passionate: her advice is blunt and direct and she says it like it is. You can read the honesty in her words clearly, and you get the sense that the responses stems from the same talks she might give herself in the mirror every now and then - they are words she lives by herself.
*Heartwarming: you can tell there is a genuine care behind her responses. Even when she is telling someone to pull their head in, it is done in such a caring way that it makes you genuinely want to comply because she makes you feel like it is the right thing to do.
I wish I knew of an advice column like this one to read when I was a teenager! It would be interesting to see my 'sister life' and see if it would have helped me navigate my younger life with less angst and confusion.
After finishing this book it makes me want to read even more from Cheryl Strayed (I have already read Wild)
The advice given by 'Sugar' is so raw and real, and even though the situation she is replying to might not apply to my life, there were so many things I want to remember because they touched a cord with me and I want to keep them for my future self, or so I can pass them on to someone I know at some stage.
The words that I would use to describe this book are: Motivating, Passionate, and Heartwarming.
* Motivating: it made me feel like I should get off my butt and stop reading to sort my life out. Be a better friend, be a better Mum, stop feeling sorry for myself.
* Passionate: her advice is blunt and direct and she says it like it is. You can read the honesty in her words clearly, and you get the sense that the responses stems from the same talks she might give herself in the mirror every now and then - they are words she lives by herself.
*Heartwarming: you can tell there is a genuine care behind her responses. Even when she is telling someone to pull their head in, it is done in such a caring way that it makes you genuinely want to comply because she makes you feel like it is the right thing to do.
I wish I knew of an advice column like this one to read when I was a teenager! It would be interesting to see my 'sister life' and see if it would have helped me navigate my younger life with less angst and confusion.
After finishing this book it makes me want to read even more from Cheryl Strayed (I have already read Wild)