besslovesbooks 's review for:

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

3.0

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I have mixed feelings here. Cheryl is a great writer and these advice letters are beautiful…they feel like getting coffee with a really direct and empathetic friend. But they also start to feel really similar after a while if you’re reading this all in one go. This was a library book so I had to read it quick, but it’s hard to read almost 400 pages of advice and not get bored or start skimming. This is a book to read slowly over time when you can sit with the letters you need and let Sugar’s advice sink in, and then put it down for a while and come back. Some of these moved me to tears and made me feel big feelings, others weren’t words I needed. Good writing, interesting stories, better to be savored over time.