A review by xlindvain
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson

dark hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

This is a weird book that I feel it would benefit by being split into two, since it felt to me as a disjointed mix of points and concepts that quite didn't fit together all that well.

I've been following Mark's posts for a long time (Medium, anyone?) and unfortunately this book felt more like a collection of posts that sometimes have a common theme, sometimes it doesn't.

The Chapter about  "Newton's Law of Emotions" almost made me quit the book, as the make believe story kinda detracts from the main point it is trying to address, only to be ignored almost entirely in the following chapters. In my opinion the book would be better if it was shorter and to the point.

Same thing with the chapter about How to Start a Cult. It went for wayy too long whereas the same points could be addresses in half the pages if it was more direct.

That is not to say that the book is entirely bad, as there are some insights worth to think about. The whole idea that Hope is more or less a trap is something I never thought about and will take some time to digest.

So in summary, this book is amazing where it shines, but it is almost a miserable experience when a chapter doesn't quite click.