Reviews

Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One by Raphaëlle Giordano

cartermon4's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

beewhorl's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Self help book disguised as a novel. Basically you are in charge of your happiness. I liked the 1st half of the book but then found myself skimming the second half. The idea of acute routinitis was interesting and I definitely have found myself there at times so it was easy to resonate and picture your own life as you read the book. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it though as much as the French seem to love it?

margyyy06's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

dlschroeder's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

lphok's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

ibisette's review against another edition

1.0

Pffff

sunshine2645's review

medium-paced

3.0

francine_is_reading's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

There are some very nice sections and some kitsh sections that undermines women a bit. All in all, it was a nice light read and it was good to have practical examples of what poor behaviours might be in day to day life as well as how to fix it but I wouldn't particularly recommend this book. There are other fiction and non fiction treating this subject better.

slicciardi's review against another edition

3.0

This was okay. It was cheesy and predictable. An easy read, but not exactly a page-turner

the_herbal_carnivore's review against another edition

I didn't realize the book was a novel when requesting it from the library and yet even though it's a novel I'm not surprised to learn it was written by a "personal development expert" psychologist.

The first part of the book has me more drawn in than the last part. There were some things that I felt encouraged to try out myself - the reminder to "spring clean" for example. While I currently live in a small trailer and the cleaning doesn't take long there's still little things I don't normally take the time to get to. So the book encouraged me to make time to get to those other things and I definitely felt better getting them done.