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A review by paperback_cat
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
3.5
This was not the book that I was expecting it to be from the title and what I'd heard people say about it. But once I reframed this in my head as a book about burnout, I got a lot more out of it.
It does undermine its message a little in the way that the majority of the examples are about people who are clearly overworked and how much it focuses on how they deserve rest. But you don't need to be overworked to deserve rest. That IS what the author was saying, but the examples weren't as varied as I was expecting. Also, a lot of the advice was only relevant to people with a fair amount of privilege (which it did admit).
But I can see how this book will appeal to and benefit its target market (which turned out not to be me)
It does undermine its message a little in the way that the majority of the examples are about people who are clearly overworked and how much it focuses on how they deserve rest. But you don't need to be overworked to deserve rest. That IS what the author was saying, but the examples weren't as varied as I was expecting. Also, a lot of the advice was only relevant to people with a fair amount of privilege (which it did admit).
But I can see how this book will appeal to and benefit its target market (which turned out not to be me)