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A review by morgwyn_jotundottir
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
2.0
I am quite disappointed because my memory of his previous book was quite better. Although that was 2 years ago so maybe now I'll think differently.
This book has some nice ideas, some historical parts are really interesting to read and the same goes about psychological experiments. Sadly that's everything good about the book and that's basically retelling facts. I don't feel there's a deep understanding about most issues, and as someone really interested in philosophy and Stoicism specifically, I feel Manson doesn't really understand what he's talking about because he makes it sound almost like Cynicism or being stoic (not Stoic).
The biggest issue I have is the lack of nuance and analysis, some things extremely oversimplified and honestly this book feels like when someone says "don't be sad!" to someone depressed as if it was their choice. As other reviews mention, I do agree it seems this book is written from the perspective of someone with lots of privileges that didn't consider that other people have other issues and they can't just use such simple advice.
This book has some nice ideas, some historical parts are really interesting to read and the same goes about psychological experiments. Sadly that's everything good about the book and that's basically retelling facts. I don't feel there's a deep understanding about most issues, and as someone really interested in philosophy and Stoicism specifically, I feel Manson doesn't really understand what he's talking about because he makes it sound almost like Cynicism or being stoic (not Stoic).
The biggest issue I have is the lack of nuance and analysis, some things extremely oversimplified and honestly this book feels like when someone says "don't be sad!" to someone depressed as if it was their choice. As other reviews mention, I do agree it seems this book is written from the perspective of someone with lots of privileges that didn't consider that other people have other issues and they can't just use such simple advice.