Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

12 reviews

northseawitch's review against another edition

2.75

Maybe I went into this book with the wrong expectations. But it felt more like a self biography and a story of addiction rather than an inspirational guide to a no shop year.
 I didn't relate to most of the book and it felt very all over the place, jumping back and forth often talking as if I had read her blog and had more intimate knowledge of the things she was talking about. 

All in all this left me disappointed and I don't feel like I got much out of it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

hal2499's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

This book is very inspiring in the fact that Cait tells you when she started it and when she would go for so long and then break the habit. It wasn't a total book of I wanted to do this thing, I did the thing, and I finished the thing. She talked a lot about her set backs and how you can start over and keep going.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcoholism

strongchonk's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, and Drug use

carijacqueline's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders

mildnothing's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Nicely written, inspiring and reflective. I didn't (and still don't) know the blog she wrote, but it shows and I found her writing very close to the reader. Although some passages and sentences felt repetitive, I can't blame her. I'd probably do the same when I find a nice sentence or expression. It also didn't happen too often.

Although this is more of a report than a guidebook on decluttering or minimalism, Flanders still included a list of things to do if you also wish to embark on this adventure to not spend money (on things you don't need) for a year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

nutfreenerd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

amjone12's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.75

I felt like this could have been made into a long blog post instead of a whole book. It wasn’t entirely about the shopping ban but also somehow didn’t feel as personal as other memoirs despite talking about very personal experiences. The first and last chapters are the most true to the title. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

e_mcdowell's review against another edition

It was ok at the beginning but about halfway through it got super judgy and preachy. She says often enough that everyone is different but she sure makes it seem like hers is the right way. I’m all for saving money and reducing consumption but I’m not about to learn how to sew just so I can fix my old navy pajama pants. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction

Also shaming for binge watching tv.

thequeenofsheba3's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

ashleycmms's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse