mkbattles 's review for:

Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer by Doree Shafrir

3.0

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I love Doree’s podcast so I was pumped about the book. It felt like 25 blog posts put together- choppy and predictable. If you listen to the podcast, then you’ll find there was almost nothing new shared. I kept waiting for there to be more about her late bloomer concept but I never came (the last two minutes try to tie it up but I personally didn’t think it was helpful) and for that I was sad. I really wanted her to dive deep into the later bloomer idea and it never came.

Maybe I just expected too much of a favorite podcaster. It wasn’t a bad book by any means but it wasn’t all that interesting either. It feels weird to call someone’s life not interesting- and I don’t mean it that way- I just thought her relaying of the stories was dry and drab and lacked the exciting details that keeps someone reading.