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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
Eye opening, insightful, and has good tools to help navigate sticky conversations in today's polarized world.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I have some pretty strong political opinions, and there are some people I'll love forever who hold strictly to opposing political beliefs... Yikes!
Author Monica Guzman begins this book with a similar quandary- she is a liberal and her beloved parents voted for Donald Trump... twice. While she begins this book with her reasons for wanting to stay in relationship and conversation with her parents and other fellow Americans, the bulk of this book contains proven, practical advice for holding these hard conversations.
While the author is definitely left leaning, she takes care to evenly divide her examples between conservatives and liberals. I think any open minded, curious person will find this book supportive and beneficial.
I received an Arc of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. My thanks to the author, publisher, and #NetGalley for the opportunity.
#INeverThoughtOfItThatWay
Author Monica Guzman begins this book with a similar quandary- she is a liberal and her beloved parents voted for Donald Trump... twice. While she begins this book with her reasons for wanting to stay in relationship and conversation with her parents and other fellow Americans, the bulk of this book contains proven, practical advice for holding these hard conversations.
While the author is definitely left leaning, she takes care to evenly divide her examples between conservatives and liberals. I think any open minded, curious person will find this book supportive and beneficial.
I received an Arc of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. My thanks to the author, publisher, and #NetGalley for the opportunity.
#INeverThoughtOfItThatWay
The premise was interesting, but I did not enjoy this book.
I was not too fond of the simplistic (and at times cringy) journalistic style and the way in which the author explained things felt too naive and hopeful.
I get it, we should all try and get out of our little social media bubbles where we only engage in conversations with people with whom we share views and values... but sometimes it's just impossible to talk and have meaningful discussions with BIGOTS.
I was not too fond of the simplistic (and at times cringy) journalistic style and the way in which the author explained things felt too naive and hopeful.
I get it, we should all try and get out of our little social media bubbles where we only engage in conversations with people with whom we share views and values... but sometimes it's just impossible to talk and have meaningful discussions with BIGOTS.
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
The author provided a lot of great insight into respectfully approaching and exploring difficult conversations with others who hold deeply opposing beliefs and views. I think this book is worth reading, and then sharing with people in your life that you may be struggling to connect with lately.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
This isn't just a highly readable tool book, it's a highly enjoyable and intelligent tool book. The idea of identifying your bias and those of others and trying to understand where they come from and how there is common ground within them is not only critical to being an adult, but in this politicized world it's critical to communicating.
It was fine. I wish that she used more examples that carried actual weight or didn’t write off issues that for some people are literally life or death
informative
reflective
slow-paced