Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

27 reviews

slorentz80's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

2.0

I enjoyed the writing style and the last couple of chapters a lot. 

What I didn't like is that this book is very much an autobiography with a side of self-help. I signed up for self-help, without the autobiography...

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Graphic: Addiction

icox's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Nothing special, but an enjoyable read! A nice plane or road trip book for the curious.

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Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use

aqulota's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

hannicherri's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

The author's overall goal was great, and she is decently skilled at writing, but I worry that she needed more mental health help for her problems than she got.

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Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use and Fatphobia

larissakoch's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

It was more of a memior than a self help book as I had thought.

paigemushaw's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

2.0

Less about reducing consumption than it is about the author's tendency to overindulge and subsequent refusal to allow herself to indulge in anything at all. Some relatable and relevant tidbits but it felt a little Spartan in a way that's largely unhelpful to anyone who believes in responsibly enjoying life.

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Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

kelseenmz's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Moderate: Eating disorder

arlangrey17's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.5

This is definitely more memoir than guide. It gets pretty heavy too.

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Graphic: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, and Addiction

hal2499's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

This book is very inspiring in the fact that Cait tells you when she started it and when she would go for so long and then break the habit. It wasn't a total book of I wanted to do this thing, I did the thing, and I finished the thing. She talked a lot about her set backs and how you can start over and keep going.

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Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcoholism

ellanorte's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

The year of less ha sido una lectura que no esperaba que me gustase tanto. No suelo leer autobiografías, pero al final es un formato que en cierto modo me termina atrapando. Me ha gustado saber el contexto y las motivaciones de la autora para emprender ese reto de comprar exclusivamente lo necesario durante un año. No sé si es algo que haría o llevaría a cabo, el minimalismo es algo que me llama la atención definitivamente y he de reconocer que algunas cosas de las que menciona en este libro ya las he puesto en marcha.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction