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A review by sofportela
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
2.0
Nope. Big fat nope. The only reason I am giving this 2 stars is that I am aware that there are SOME passages here that could potentially help SOMEONE. I was also not like hate reading it or anything.
Apart from that, I just don't understand what this book was trying to do.
Why was this even published?
I don't intend to sound mean but I just genuinely do not understand. Who is this for?
This just felt like (a way to long) ramble with no clear outline, structure or endpoint. To me, it read like someone who tried to talk about a concept (Hope) without actually having anything meaningful and substantial to add. So he thinks he is being all deep and shit but what he actually does is tackling it in the most simplistic, superficial and repetitive way possible. Every time he said anything about hope, he just repeated himself with different examples.
Also since he has to sound clever and like he knows his shit, he throws a bunch of philosophy and household names in your face. There wouldn't have been anything wrong with that (i luv me some philosophy), but the issue was that those popular theories by Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Plato, etc. did often not even connect or make sense in any sort of way in regards to the overall "argument" he was trying to make. I'm putting quotation marks because, again, I can only speculate if there was an argument at all.
There are some passages (99 percent of them not related to hope) where I genuinely got the feeling that he was only writing that book so that he could get those very specific rants/ideas out in the world.
Listen, this would be fine if it were a collection of essays. If it didn't try to be more than it actually is. It would be a nice book to read for younger readers I believe because it introduces them into idk basic philosophy and its thinkers but also basic but important concepts? I think I sound very rude and conceited right now but I don't mean to be. There is an audience for every book and the marketing and construction of this one is preventing it from reaching an audience that would get more out of it.
Apart from that, I just don't understand what this book was trying to do.
Why was this even published?
I don't intend to sound mean but I just genuinely do not understand. Who is this for?
This just felt like (a way to long) ramble with no clear outline, structure or endpoint. To me, it read like someone who tried to talk about a concept (Hope) without actually having anything meaningful and substantial to add. So he thinks he is being all deep and shit but what he actually does is tackling it in the most simplistic, superficial and repetitive way possible. Every time he said anything about hope, he just repeated himself with different examples.
Also since he has to sound clever and like he knows his shit, he throws a bunch of philosophy and household names in your face. There wouldn't have been anything wrong with that (i luv me some philosophy), but the issue was that those popular theories by Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Plato, etc. did often not even connect or make sense in any sort of way in regards to the overall "argument" he was trying to make. I'm putting quotation marks because, again, I can only speculate if there was an argument at all.
There are some passages (99 percent of them not related to hope) where I genuinely got the feeling that he was only writing that book so that he could get those very specific rants/ideas out in the world.
Listen, this would be fine if it were a collection of essays. If it didn't try to be more than it actually is. It would be a nice book to read for younger readers I believe because it introduces them into idk basic philosophy and its thinkers but also basic but important concepts? I think I sound very rude and conceited right now but I don't mean to be. There is an audience for every book and the marketing and construction of this one is preventing it from reaching an audience that would get more out of it.