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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
Ce livre est un guide de vie écrit pour ses enfants et une autobiographie en même temps... c'est intéressant de voir comment elle est partie d'un petit village Brésilien à ce qu'elle est maintenant. De savoir ses erreurs, connaitre ce qui l'a fait avancer, quels ont été ses propres leçons de vie. Elle et mou partageons des sujets et intérêts communs alors ça me fait plaisir de voir que je ne suis pas la seule et que même si elle a eu plusieurs vies en une, ça ne l'empêche pas de rester proche de ses convictions. Je partage complètement son point de vue sur les relations (avec soi même, amicales ou amoureuses) et je trouve encore plus intéressant de voir qu'elle réussi à l'appliquer dans son couple ainsi que dans sa famille. C'est inspirant et ça donne envie de continuer à regarder la vie dans un rayon de lumière positive
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medium-paced
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Exceptionally airy and out of touch, with dabbles of Kabbalah. Comically in line with what I expected when I picked this up and I honestly couldn’t get myself to suffer through it fully. There is nothing novel, interesting or insightful happening between the covers here.
hopeful
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hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
This book was recommended to me by my mother, who thought the themes present in it would be of great use. I had always thought of Gisele Bundchen as this famous woman who people aspired to be: even I, as a 6-year-old, also thought of becoming a model just like her. Nevertheless, her writing showed me more than Gisele, the model. Gisele is much more than what one sees in the runway: she is a mother, an environmentalist, a mental health advocate, a sister, a daughter. By using a diary-format for her autobiography, one can feel as they are reliving her memories with her, experiencing her thoughts and feelings through every step of Gisele's life.
Initially, I was not excited about having to read a non-fiction book of someone so young as Bundchen. I don't read non-fiction often and I particularly dislike autobiographies. However, bit by bit, her story and her living made me reflect on her story and my life as well. I also had to live by myself at such a young age and, seeing her way of dealing with various challenges of life reminded me of my own experiences. Her reflection on her mental health also hit close to home and helped me consider different approaches to the manner in which I deal with my own anxiety. Of course, there are parts of her life I had never experienced (like being a mother), but her reflections on its importance have helped shape my thoughts and feelings about the subject.
This book has helped me reflect on my life in general in several depths (on a shallow perspective, I am just thinking of the hummus I will have today for lunch because she kept talking about her delicious hummus throughout the book and I am easily influenced, especially when it is food-related). I now perceive how the life of a “celebrity” can be just as normal as everyone else's and the challenges and questions she raised throughout her modeling life. I recommend this book to all of you who are just as young as I am and are in need of some life reflections during this quarantine.
Initially, I was not excited about having to read a non-fiction book of someone so young as Bundchen. I don't read non-fiction often and I particularly dislike autobiographies. However, bit by bit, her story and her living made me reflect on her story and my life as well. I also had to live by myself at such a young age and, seeing her way of dealing with various challenges of life reminded me of my own experiences. Her reflection on her mental health also hit close to home and helped me consider different approaches to the manner in which I deal with my own anxiety. Of course, there are parts of her life I had never experienced (like being a mother), but her reflections on its importance have helped shape my thoughts and feelings about the subject.
This book has helped me reflect on my life in general in several depths (on a shallow perspective, I am just thinking of the hummus I will have today for lunch because she kept talking about her delicious hummus throughout the book and I am easily influenced, especially when it is food-related). I now perceive how the life of a “celebrity” can be just as normal as everyone else's and the challenges and questions she raised throughout her modeling life. I recommend this book to all of you who are just as young as I am and are in need of some life reflections during this quarantine.
this isn’t the type of book i usually read or thought i would enjoy but this was genuinely a great book. i found reading about gisele’s story really interesting and found relatable things within it. i also found her ways of thinking valuable and learned from some of them. i think any young person (especially women) would benefit from reading this book. it also has an appreciative outlook on life which i found refreshing to read about, especially when you’re trying to figure out your path as a young person and everything seems dreadful. not a guide to life, but her showing her way and encouraging her readers to look for theirs in a healthy and curious way.