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A review by court_of_stars
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
3.0
Of the three books I have read during the "Big Strong Yes" podcast series over the past year, I would put Shonda Rhimes's "Year of Yes" at the bottom of my list for a few simple reasons:
1) The first two-thirds of the book is a combination of politics and the musings of an egotistical/repetitive/manic writer. Rhimes repeated herself enough to drop 50 pages from the book. Due to the repeating I struggled with staying in her story and following along.
2) Rhimes discusses the story behind three of the speeches that she has given recently in her "Year of Yes" and then proceeds to just print the speeches.
3) I love her concept of spending a year (or a lifetime) saying yes to the things that scare you. This takes you from dying into living in a magical way.
4)I loved reading about her writing process and how she was inspired to create all of her television shows (even though I really haven't watched any of them).
Overall, Rhimes left me encouraged and I will continue my own year of yes throughout 2018. The final 100 pages of her book were lovely. One of my favorite parts was her showing that it is okay to be different. Doing thing that "normal" people do isn't for everyone.
Be proud of who you are, and don't be afraid to say yes to facing your fears and living a fuller life because of it.
Happy Reading!
1) The first two-thirds of the book is a combination of politics and the musings of an egotistical/repetitive/manic writer. Rhimes repeated herself enough to drop 50 pages from the book. Due to the repeating I struggled with staying in her story and following along.
2) Rhimes discusses the story behind three of the speeches that she has given recently in her "Year of Yes" and then proceeds to just print the speeches.
3) I love her concept of spending a year (or a lifetime) saying yes to the things that scare you. This takes you from dying into living in a magical way.
4)I loved reading about her writing process and how she was inspired to create all of her television shows (even though I really haven't watched any of them).
Overall, Rhimes left me encouraged and I will continue my own year of yes throughout 2018. The final 100 pages of her book were lovely. One of my favorite parts was her showing that it is okay to be different. Doing thing that "normal" people do isn't for everyone.
Be proud of who you are, and don't be afraid to say yes to facing your fears and living a fuller life because of it.
Happy Reading!