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3.73 AVERAGE
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I find the topic interesting and I really wanted to like this book, but it was just all over the place.
hopeful
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relaxing
medium-paced
Thoughtful meditation on how to, possibly, find moments of individual freedom, in a society constructed to undermine your ability to do so. Odell builds her case by stringing together reflective evidence from various art forms and personal experience to give us hope.
A fun and interesting read. Definitely not a scientific investigation into the pitfalls of the attention economy nor a self-help book guiding you through the 8 steps to reconnect with the physical world. This book is more of a collection of thoughts that’d typically be shared while meandering through the woods over a series of hikes.
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inspiring
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challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I got an advance copy of this from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for a review.
I found out about Jenny Odell's book after reading a fascinating piece by her in the New York Times last fall about 3rd party sellers on Amazon. This book feels in the same vein - how do we live with the internet and use it without completely letting it take over our attention? It's a little meandering in places, but there are good points inside if you take the time to sit with them. I would have loved this to be a bit more focused, and a little less aware of itself as a book (there's a lot of "as I discussed in chapter..." instead of letting points naturally build on one another). This was a valuable read, and I look forward to following this author's work more.
I found out about Jenny Odell's book after reading a fascinating piece by her in the New York Times last fall about 3rd party sellers on Amazon. This book feels in the same vein - how do we live with the internet and use it without completely letting it take over our attention? It's a little meandering in places, but there are good points inside if you take the time to sit with them. I would have loved this to be a bit more focused, and a little less aware of itself as a book (there's a lot of "as I discussed in chapter..." instead of letting points naturally build on one another). This was a valuable read, and I look forward to following this author's work more.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Jenny Odell’s “How to do Nothing” is brilliant, even more so because she credits her findings to other scholars, artists, creatures, and the physical spaces she inhabits. It is so much more than how to literally do nothing, and offers hope for a collective refusal that we might take on. Each chapter feels urgent and filled to the brim with discovery.
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced