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A review by camila_caminioca
Year of No Clutter by Eve O. Schaub
3.0
*This book was given to me by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review – all opinions are my own.*
Oh what to say about this book. It was an interesting one. I requested this book on Netgalley because I expected it to be a bit more like Marie Condo and less like the diary of a mentally unstable person. But hey, I got something halfway in between. The beginning irritated me a little because there was just a lot of obsessive talk going on. While I could recognise some people of my family, cluttering isn't something that I can identity with many real people in my life, making some of the hoarder thoughts sound insane (like 'oh I can't throw away this dead mouse, it's basically a friend'...hm what?). BUT, and yes it's a big BUT, Schaub's writing is excellent. I laughed out loud and by half the book I was captivated by her quest, not just to clear the one 'hell room' in her house, but her way of seeing life and her relationship to 'things' in general. I really enjoyed it in the end and would recommend it to anyone who likes the idea of reading about someone decluttering their house.
Oh what to say about this book. It was an interesting one. I requested this book on Netgalley because I expected it to be a bit more like Marie Condo and less like the diary of a mentally unstable person. But hey, I got something halfway in between. The beginning irritated me a little because there was just a lot of obsessive talk going on. While I could recognise some people of my family, cluttering isn't something that I can identity with many real people in my life, making some of the hoarder thoughts sound insane (like 'oh I can't throw away this dead mouse, it's basically a friend'...hm what?). BUT, and yes it's a big BUT, Schaub's writing is excellent. I laughed out loud and by half the book I was captivated by her quest, not just to clear the one 'hell room' in her house, but her way of seeing life and her relationship to 'things' in general. I really enjoyed it in the end and would recommend it to anyone who likes the idea of reading about someone decluttering their house.