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A review by loureader
Blank: Why It's Fine to Falter and Fail, and How to Pick Yourself Up Again by Giles Paley-Phillips
3.0
This book is based on the podcast of the same name and drew on some of the themes and conversations from the podcast. The authors are the podcast hosts and they shared their personal takes on how those conversations and themes have shaped their lives.
I think the book was a good idea, but I wasn't convinced by the delivery. I'm not sure the authors' lives and thoughts were in themselves enough to 'carry' a book. They did draw on the podcast but often only in passing. Sometimes they explained what particular podcast guests had said, but often only briefly. Sometimes they even referred to things that had been said on the podcast but, presumably deliberately, didn't say who had actually said it. This strange omission, on a few occasions, raised more questions than answers.
The book did achieve two things though. The first was to whet the appetite of the reader to what the podcast has to offer, which is a more indepth discussion with a range of people about when things haven't gone as planned. The second is that it was good to read accounts from two men about mental health, emotion and life's difficulties, which surely can be no bad thing.
I think the book was a good idea, but I wasn't convinced by the delivery. I'm not sure the authors' lives and thoughts were in themselves enough to 'carry' a book. They did draw on the podcast but often only in passing. Sometimes they explained what particular podcast guests had said, but often only briefly. Sometimes they even referred to things that had been said on the podcast but, presumably deliberately, didn't say who had actually said it. This strange omission, on a few occasions, raised more questions than answers.
The book did achieve two things though. The first was to whet the appetite of the reader to what the podcast has to offer, which is a more indepth discussion with a range of people about when things haven't gone as planned. The second is that it was good to read accounts from two men about mental health, emotion and life's difficulties, which surely can be no bad thing.