Reviews

Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream by Alissa Quart

chelseadarling's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

vanillafire's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

andrea_augustinas_metz's review

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

sam_smith_of_tencendor's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

emileedle's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

kbernard's review

hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

the_lyon_reads_tonight's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

whitecat5000's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

This felt a bit surface level, but a good read nonetheless. 

shereadstales's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Thanks to NetGalley and Ecco Books for the digital galley of this book. 

I have been conditioned over the years to believe I have to take care of myself, because no one else is going to do it, but that’s never the really the whole story. 

Bootstrapped looks at our culture of self-made folks who “pull themselves up by their bootstraps,” but even those millionaires and billionaires who claim complete self-reliance on their way to the top had some help from someone, and more often than not, it’s a wealthy daddy… 

It goes further to explore how we might end this myth and promote interdependence, whether we have means and influence or none at all. It was aggravating at times in the way any critical look is at our broken system is, but it also is uplifting, showing those who are working outside the system that won’t take care of us to build community and how we might help. Definitely recommend. 

frances_chan's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25