A review by barareads
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson

2.0

i was looking for some decluttering tips and found this book. well. everything of any value and/or interest from it could be put into a small article, it would work alright as an article. as a book though, it’s pretty pointless, i’d say. the self help parts, advice and all that, weren’t useful or original enough to mark this book good in that category, and the little stories/memories parts were… also really basic? plus they lacked any finesse in terms of writing style whatsoever, it’s just written like it’s a twitter thread, too poppy and eloquent-less. some sections were of course more useful than others, i really liked this quote: ‘you can enjoy things without owning them’ - however simple, it’s not the basest base of an idea, and put quite well, too. otherwise, i’m afraid, there’s not much else to it. i read it in an hour, and i read it for free, so it’s completely fine, however it’s not worth it at all to buy this book. sorry… again i feel like a horrible person. this is at least twice better than the magic shop book… anyway yeah