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Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Rachel Hollis
3.5 AVERAGE
1.19k reviews for:
Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Rachel Hollis
3.5 AVERAGE
Loved the start of the book where she discusses excuses. Was interesting and I could relate to it.
Then in the section with action ideas it read like a book on privilege, one that the author has over the majority of women likely reading her book. In writing about asking for help, she describes over and over about her HIRING help, not asking. It felt so utterly out of touch that she completely lost my interest.
So first half of the book was really good, then she totally lost the plot. I wouldn’t recommend.
Then in the section with action ideas it read like a book on privilege, one that the author has over the majority of women likely reading her book. In writing about asking for help, she describes over and over about her HIRING help, not asking. It felt so utterly out of touch that she completely lost my interest.
So first half of the book was really good, then she totally lost the plot. I wouldn’t recommend.
This book is HORRIBLE. It is so white privilege . She has a Nanny and a Housekeeper . She also has a house manager . I don't even know what that is . She said that she has read 70,000 books. She also talk about she always has to fly First class . I dont understand why she is popular . I will hate read her next book
I enjoy a good Mom Cult vibe from time to time. This is just not my cup of fat shaming tea. She’s loaded and lost a grasp of what every day women are. Bonus: she loves the shit out of herself.
I listened to this while I was working on a painting, didn’t read it. I don’t think I would have gotten past the first chapter otherwise.
I listened to this while I was working on a painting, didn’t read it. I don’t think I would have gotten past the first chapter otherwise.
I found it quite similar to her other book girl wash your face. It had some great takeaways, but I wasn’t completely blown away by it.
This book had some really good, really interesting nuggets in it that I felt were incredibly helpful. However, I feel this could have been a magazine article instead of a full on book. Why? There is so much rah-rah bullshit, repeating of phrases, and "I'm your friend" crap that it becomes obnoxious.
The real sticker for me though is that Hollis is a complete hypocrite. Near the end she tells a small anectdote of a time in Girl Scout camp when she was "ignorant" and used cultural appropriation to dress as a Native American. She writes about this as if she knows better, yet she uses "tribe" continually throughout the book to describe the people she works with, her followers, and her friends. Either Hollis really has never truly taken the time to educate herself about cultural appropriation and diversity, or she is so comcerned with appealing to her Coachella-going, white, female audience that she doesn't care she is using this inappropriate term.
While little nuggets stuck out and there were one or two good exercises, overall there are much better self-help books out there. I much prefer Brene Brown or Gretchen Rubin, or any of the other dozens of female authors who have well-written and well-researched books out there that can help you achieve greatness without the bullshit.
The real sticker for me though is that Hollis is a complete hypocrite. Near the end she tells a small anectdote of a time in Girl Scout camp when she was "ignorant" and used cultural appropriation to dress as a Native American. She writes about this as if she knows better, yet she uses "tribe" continually throughout the book to describe the people she works with, her followers, and her friends. Either Hollis really has never truly taken the time to educate herself about cultural appropriation and diversity, or she is so comcerned with appealing to her Coachella-going, white, female audience that she doesn't care she is using this inappropriate term.
While little nuggets stuck out and there were one or two good exercises, overall there are much better self-help books out there. I much prefer Brene Brown or Gretchen Rubin, or any of the other dozens of female authors who have well-written and well-researched books out there that can help you achieve greatness without the bullshit.
I was between 3 and 4 stars on this one. Nothing earth shattering, but who doesn't need positive encouragement. So from that perspective, I am certainly glad I read it.
DNF-Not for me. I’m looking something to figure out how to stop apologizing. I don’t really need to know how to achieve goals better.
This book was a recommended reading for an employee-based women empowerment group.
I made it only 16 minutes into the book before it became what I was predicting. A white women talking about something she has no education or expertise in (childhood development). I then paused to look up the author after some stigmatizing and incorrect mental health info and confirmed she has 0 experience to talk about it.
I also found out the multiple issues of alleged plagiarism and lack of accountability of owning up to it and other mistakes. Without a doubt, DNF. The world needs less white women writing books about topics they aren't experts in.
I made it only 16 minutes into the book before it became what I was predicting. A white women talking about something she has no education or expertise in (childhood development). I then paused to look up the author after some stigmatizing and incorrect mental health info and confirmed she has 0 experience to talk about it.
I also found out the multiple issues of alleged plagiarism and lack of accountability of owning up to it and other mistakes. Without a doubt, DNF. The world needs less white women writing books about topics they aren't experts in.