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Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living by Glennon Doyle

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emilieno's review against another edition

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3.5

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emmadub's review against another edition

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4.0

Overall, I think this is a good book, especially in the non-fiction/self-improvement category. I didn't really want to read it, but it has received so much hype, so I pushed through and I am glad I did.

I worried it was going to be WASPy, but it really wasn't--maybe a bit individualistic/western if anything.

Highlights:

Nothing can be healed if it’s not sensed first

Mercy and empathy are great threats to an unjust society

Every time you're given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else

Layering a judgment on top of a feeling doesn’t change the feeling

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gracer's review against another edition

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3.0

I think this is how self-help books have been reincarnated for the twenty-first century.

That’s not a bad thing. I’ve gotten a lot of good out of books like these, and I can even include this one. It’s a tough time and it’s nice to be reminded, for example, that “we can do hard things.” I loved the short chapters that made it easy to read a little before getting out of bed in the morning, like a little morning pep talk.

On the downside, it’s a little woo-woo, and a little more spiritual than is generally a good fit for me. More importantly, I felt the writing was strangely organized. The whole book is founded on the concept of a cheetah that’s been raised in captivity: Glennon is sure this animal knows there’s something more, and that feels like a pretty big and loose projection on which to base a 300-page book. And then the content within that seems random. I’m not sure it could have been organized differently, but it felt like a bunch of observations on her life thrown together.

I really liked the beginning and reading how Abby and Glennon met, but beyond that I would have preferred a bit more structure. It isn’t my book, though, so... okay.

The cover is awesome. Bright, colorful, gaudy, a little glittery, messy, and unapologetic. A metaphor, maybe?

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klavanger's review against another edition

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3.75

I enjoyed a lot of what this book was about, and was able to take a lot of it away for myself. Some of it was a little less relatable, but I'm excited to share it with friends!

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4.5

This book is beautiful. It's the sort of book that once you're finished, you want to go out into the world and live and learn and love and create and be all in. The writing is incredible and is so moving and meaningful. I feel like I've learnt a lot about myself, purely just from reading it.

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3.0

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4.0

Doyle's story is a fascinating one and I was very interested in her journey from poster child for the mainstream Christian(TM) wife and mother to someone who learned how to prioritize her own needs and desires. At the same time, she often talks about/to women as a broad category, but it felt to me like most of what she has to say would be most meaningful and useful to a very specific category of white, straight, middle to upper-class Christian women. The section on faith, religion, and the modern American church was the most impactful for me, and I also loved the glimpses into Doyle's marriage to soccer player Abby Wambach.

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