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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
If you have a relationship with God, this book is for you. If you have anxiety and a relationship with god, this book was MADE for you. I can’t recommend this book enough. I definitely will be looking into other books by this author. The book typically addresses the reader as female but it can be used for anyone. Also, the author’s willingness to be vulnerable and share her story with strangers is inspiring. 11/10!!
I really wanted to like this one: the premise describes something I really need support on in my life. The beginning of the book starts out very promising, with a nice compilation of relatability and also the science behind our brains and why it’s worth changing our thought patterns. While I understand this is a Christian book about emotional health, it still felt like a “pray it away” solve (despite Jennie Allen doing a fair job of saying medicine and therapy and changing practices are all good things). The book concludes with a “be grateful and your brain will change and you will never be anxious again” few chapters, and it just wasn’t the well-researched and practical book I was hoping for.
There were some nice moments, so not a total waste of time, but I don’t believe this book achieves its intended goal.
There were some nice moments, so not a total waste of time, but I don’t believe this book achieves its intended goal.
I had really high hopes for this book, but it fell flat. It might be better suited for someone early in their faith journey or just starting to learn about the dangers of lies from the enemy, but it wasn't for me. It was pretty surface level, was full of personal antidotes I just didn't identify with, and was structurally confusing. I admire the overall message and the biblical advice, but was disappointed in the details.
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Saw this recommended by several people and gave it a shot. It was about as expected. Meh.
The content is mostly OK (a few sus sentences here and there), but the tone is very hard for me to read. It reads like an instagram influencer who's desperate to be relatable. And the socially acceptable and religiously commendable amount of "messy," but only the kind of cute kind of messy.
If Christian Girl Autumn was a book, it would be this.
All in all OK, but I won't be recommending it to anyone.
TW: If "think yourself out of anxiety" is a trigger for you, there will be a few sentences in here that stress you out, but it's not the main message of the book.
The content is mostly OK (a few sus sentences here and there), but the tone is very hard for me to read. It reads like an instagram influencer who's desperate to be relatable. And the socially acceptable and religiously commendable amount of "messy," but only the kind of cute kind of messy.
If Christian Girl Autumn was a book, it would be this.
All in all OK, but I won't be recommending it to anyone.
TW: If "think yourself out of anxiety" is a trigger for you, there will be a few sentences in here that stress you out, but it's not the main message of the book.
I like Jennie Allen and I am part of the demographic with which she tends to resonate, white, privileged, Christian, college educated, searching for greater meaning in life. I do think she is authentic and her willingness to be vulnerable and transparent was helpful to me. The idea of spiraling toxic thoughts resonated. The neuroscience part I skimmed I admit. One thing that I didn’t like was not having the Bible passages quoted cited in the text. I was reading it as an ebook and it was cumbersome to go to endnotes to reference a passage.
Overall, this is a great book about managing one's mind, particularly focused on negativity. Scripture is quoted and I found that the writing was strong throughout. Most of the author's side stories are actually quite engaging, except for the one at the start, which made the book feel somewhat self-centred. To clarify, at the start of this reading journey, I felt like the author may have written this book more for overcoming her 3:00AM wake ups.
Another minus this book has is it that it is not gender neutral; it is written for women and I actually will minus the book for this because the author is not clear about targeting women in her thesis or introduction. One just figures it out as they read. The sad thing is that the advice in this book is tailored to all genders, not just females. I felt like it limits its potential by choosing to indirectly target women as readers. To make sure I am not coming off as a mysogonistic: I am all for books that are tailored towards a particular gender, but I deduct a star for authors that choose to not clarify who their target audience is.
This book is encouragement. It is hope. It spreads the Gospel. There's lots of Jesus and God in here. Also some science peppered in too that was really cool to read. Overall, this is a great book and I recommend it!
Another minus this book has is it that it is not gender neutral; it is written for women and I actually will minus the book for this because the author is not clear about targeting women in her thesis or introduction. One just figures it out as they read. The sad thing is that the advice in this book is tailored to all genders, not just females. I felt like it limits its potential by choosing to indirectly target women as readers. To make sure I am not coming off as a mysogonistic: I am all for books that are tailored towards a particular gender, but I deduct a star for authors that choose to not clarify who their target audience is.
This book is encouragement. It is hope. It spreads the Gospel. There's lots of Jesus and God in here. Also some science peppered in too that was really cool to read. Overall, this is a great book and I recommend it!