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A review by footprint
Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life by Anne Bogel
2.0
This is about a 2.5 or perhaps 2 star read for me. For this review, I chose to mark it down due to its substance. At the end of the day, I felt very uncertain about suggesting this book to anyone, so I am settling with 2 stars.
The best thing about this book is that it is, in fact, well written! The writer finds exceptional ways to use words like "calculus" with pristine in sentences. The wordsmith in this book is its strongest point; Bogel is an excellent writer. Hats off Bogel for your writing!
This book is one example of many where writing skill does not necessary equate to a strong book overall. Although the writing is strong, the ideas and message are extremely rudimentary and, for me at least, it was very frustrating to read the author's personal examples that were used to exemplify her points.
Most of these examples either struggled to relate to the point Bogel was writing, or had me so distracted because they were just so annoying that I actually wondered at one point how this book passed copy editing (not for writing mechanics, but for content). There is one moment where the author discusses her struggle with her reverse camera in her vehicle and how she couldn't turn it off....Really? How is this an insightful example?
Another boggle for me was trying to glean exactly why this book is Christian based; the author mentions her giving of resources to her church near the last few pages, and I suppose this is why this book is considered Christian? It was under Christianaudio in the library and I am not sure I really clear on this categorization. That was frustrating for me as a reader as well because I really wanted a spiritual dive on decision fatigue. This book does none of that, yet it frustrates, and even further, it is well written!
This book was painful in a lot of ways. It brings surface level ideas to the table and has extremely weak examples. It also seems to try and relate surface level ideas to a new idea of mental fatigue and decision fatigue. Decision fatigue was the reason I wanted to read this book, but I found that it doesn't offer much on that topic either.
The best thing about this book is that it is, in fact, well written! The writer finds exceptional ways to use words like "calculus" with pristine in sentences. The wordsmith in this book is its strongest point; Bogel is an excellent writer. Hats off Bogel for your writing!
This book is one example of many where writing skill does not necessary equate to a strong book overall. Although the writing is strong, the ideas and message are extremely rudimentary and, for me at least, it was very frustrating to read the author's personal examples that were used to exemplify her points.
Most of these examples either struggled to relate to the point Bogel was writing, or had me so distracted because they were just so annoying that I actually wondered at one point how this book passed copy editing (not for writing mechanics, but for content). There is one moment where the author discusses her struggle with her reverse camera in her vehicle and how she couldn't turn it off....Really? How is this an insightful example?
Another boggle for me was trying to glean exactly why this book is Christian based; the author mentions her giving of resources to her church near the last few pages, and I suppose this is why this book is considered Christian? It was under Christianaudio in the library and I am not sure I really clear on this categorization. That was frustrating for me as a reader as well because I really wanted a spiritual dive on decision fatigue. This book does none of that, yet it frustrates, and even further, it is well written!
This book was painful in a lot of ways. It brings surface level ideas to the table and has extremely weak examples. It also seems to try and relate surface level ideas to a new idea of mental fatigue and decision fatigue. Decision fatigue was the reason I wanted to read this book, but I found that it doesn't offer much on that topic either.