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A review by discarded_dust_jacket
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
Did not finish book. Stopped at 61%.
It’s not that I didn’t like this; I really appreciated all the sentiments expressed in the book.
It kind of lost me when it started to feel especially repetitive (a lot of the chapters often repeated information from previous sections over and over), but I finally decided I wasn’t enjoying it anymore when it shifted from exploring the structural issues that exist within capitalism and contribute to our overwork/fear of “laziness” into mitigation that focuses on personal action. It started to feel like they were saying “yes we acknowledge the problem is capitalism, but the solution is to shift your perspective! Focus on savoring the moment! Restrict your screen time!”
Granted, considering I gave up at 61%, there’s a chance it could’ve shifted to structural solutions, but I didn’t want to force myself to keep going.
It kind of lost me when it started to feel especially repetitive (a lot of the chapters often repeated information from previous sections over and over), but I finally decided I wasn’t enjoying it anymore when it shifted from exploring the structural issues that exist within capitalism and contribute to our overwork/fear of “laziness” into mitigation that focuses on personal action. It started to feel like they were saying “yes we acknowledge the problem is capitalism, but the solution is to shift your perspective! Focus on savoring the moment! Restrict your screen time!”
Granted, considering I gave up at 61%, there’s a chance it could’ve shifted to structural solutions, but I didn’t want to force myself to keep going.