A review by shebby1991
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety by Sarah Wilson

reflective medium-paced

2.75

Almost a DNF, but I am glad I finished the book. The author is vulnerable in her journey and I can tell she put a lot of effort into the book, but it missed the mark a little for me. There's nothing groundbreaking, but it is nice to know I’m not the only anxious person out there. Several good nuggets of wisdom that the everyday anxious person can apply (daily meditation, accepting the anxiety as a positive attribute, etc), but also a ton of the book that I cant relate to (running away from work for months, the privilege of forgetting you had $10k in savings, being a nomad without a passport or money for weeks while stealing food without repercussions, sugar is the reason for our anxiety and we should cut it completely out of our diet, and the name-dropping of celebrities the author met and how they helped). The book read more as a memoir instead of a self-help book that I was expecting.