A review by carriewoodward
Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less by Leidy Klotz

2.5

Almost did not finish but stuck it out. Well, this book validated my choice to pay for services that save me time. 😂 I realized mid-way through that I’m just not a fan of books that pull from a bunch of disparate studies to advocate for a universal principle (in this case, that we solve more problems by taking away than we can by adding in). Part of it is that if you want anecdotes, I can think of a bunch of anecdotes showing all the ways that adding CAN revolutionize your life in a way that you could never achieve by taking away something.  Whatever. Some of the studies are interesting. If you like Malcolm Gladwell, you’ll probably like this.