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A review by qstew
The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again by Catherine Price
3.0
price writes very well, with the book flowing quickly and easily. i really appreciate that she cited her all her recommended reading on related topics, and hope to eventually get around to some of them. while i enjoyed the concepts and practices that price proposes with the supporting examples and anecdotes, a lot of this book felt like humble bragging in the form of would-be blog excerpts. that's not to say i didn't enjoy reading them all, but around the halfway point of the book they became excessive and distracting from the point.
additionally, as someone who is legitimately broke and in mountains of debt, i don't think many of the 'low-cost or free' ideas she mentions for trying new things (which one may or may not enjoy) are nearly as low-cost or free as she thinks. granted, she does make the caveat early on that the lower levels of one's maslow hierarchy need to be met first; perhaps i'm nitpicking and projecting.
all this said, i have recommended this book to a friend on the basis of her redefinition and reapplication of the word "fun" - one notion of hers which i can unequivocally get behind.
additionally, as someone who is legitimately broke and in mountains of debt, i don't think many of the 'low-cost or free' ideas she mentions for trying new things (which one may or may not enjoy) are nearly as low-cost or free as she thinks. granted, she does make the caveat early on that the lower levels of one's maslow hierarchy need to be met first; perhaps i'm nitpicking and projecting.
all this said, i have recommended this book to a friend on the basis of her redefinition and reapplication of the word "fun" - one notion of hers which i can unequivocally get behind.