Reviews tagging 'Grief'

On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen

1 review

mal_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

Interesting analysis and history of the deadly sins and its impact on American society. However, I struggled to engage with the book at times. It was repetitive, and I felt it could've been done without the personal anecdotes.  Most of them I didn't find relatable or interesting. Some were tone deaf (especially the greed chapter). I also disliked the New Age spiritual self-help parts like what you'd find on Goop. The book felt largely targeted to upper-middle class cis white women over 35, which is the author's background. I was hoping for something more academic and with more depth and less of a memoir/personal journal.

Still, I gained value from reading this. Though I didn't love the book, it makes a great springboard for discussion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Gun violence and Medical content