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molliekerr's review against another edition
5.0
If you saw me on the tube crying and reading this book…no you didn’t. Or yes you did. I don’t really care
jkozlowski4's review against another edition
3.0
While I thought her writing was beautiful and funny, it just got too long for me, and I quickly tired of the same thing over and over.
megancm's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, what fantastic writing... And from an advice columnist! Loved it.
ellenmrozek's review against another edition
4.0
No matter what you're struggling with, you're sure to find a tiny, beautiful piece of wisdom or advice within the pages of TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS that you can carry forward with you into the rest of your life. Poignant and powerful.
jjp723's review against another edition
5.0
I am the only person on planet Earth who was not completely blown away by Cheryl Strayed's book Wild. Thus, I really wasn't sure that I should even try reading this one ... which would have been a big mistake. I started it the morning of my 39th birthday and finished it the same day - a big day for thinking about life and what, if any, changes are in store - and the empowerment I got from this book was intregal to all that. The advice given isn't anything we don't already know on some level but somehow Strayed makes you feel like you really can change your life, change the things that aren't working, dare to be happy - all while acknowledging that living this way takes courage and feeling uncomfortable at times. Most highly recommended!! (altho, I have to say - I didn't care for the whole "honey-bun" "sweet pea" stuff ... but to let that bother me would be called cutting off your nose to spite your face :))
*To use our individual good or bad luck as a litmus test to determine whether or not God exists constructs an illogical dichotomy that reduces our capacity for true compassion. It implies a pious quid pro quo that defies history, reality, ethics, and reason. It fails to acknowledge that the other half of rising - the very half that makes rising necessary - is having first been nailed to the cross.*
*Real change happens on the level of gesture. It's one person doing one thing differently than he or she did before.*
*You've earned the right to grow. You're going to have to carry the water yourself.*
*Strategic and coy are for jackasses.*
*To use our individual good or bad luck as a litmus test to determine whether or not God exists constructs an illogical dichotomy that reduces our capacity for true compassion. It implies a pious quid pro quo that defies history, reality, ethics, and reason. It fails to acknowledge that the other half of rising - the very half that makes rising necessary - is having first been nailed to the cross.*
*Real change happens on the level of gesture. It's one person doing one thing differently than he or she did before.*
*You've earned the right to grow. You're going to have to carry the water yourself.*
*Strategic and coy are for jackasses.*
blairewithane's review against another edition
4.0
This was the perfect book to read over thanksgiving. Loved her insightful voice. Really enjoyed wild a couple summers ago and now want to read her novel.
nickburdick's review against another edition
4.0
Good advice, delivered with compassion. Strayed is a good writer who occasionally takes risks that don’t land. But many of them do, and she has the life experience to give just the right story to shed light on difficult questions. It makes for a sort of “advice memoir”.
My wife and I listened to this on audio together as we drove from place to place over a few months. It led to some great conversations. If you’re with someone that you can comfortably discuss difficult things with, I’d recommend this as a jumping off point.
My wife and I listened to this on audio together as we drove from place to place over a few months. It led to some great conversations. If you’re with someone that you can comfortably discuss difficult things with, I’d recommend this as a jumping off point.
anamaoreilly's review against another edition
5.0
One of those books that I know I will revisit time and time again. So flawed, yet so heartfelt and so authentic -- very human.
joykirr's review against another edition
5.0
I just loved these letters and answers back. I soaked them up. I then bought myself a new journal and started writing to myself. And I answered myself. Deep down, I believe, we all know what we need to do to keep going. We all have the answers inside of us. This is the message I got from this book that the bookseller at Barnes & Noble suggested to me last year. I picked it up without hesitation, not knowing what it was at all. Serendipity. Gotta love it.