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A review by kellylynnthomas
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
3.0
This doesn't affect my star rating, but the audio quality on the audiobook version of this is not great. It sounds like it was recorded in a big open space and has an almost echo-y quality to it.
While there is a lot of great insight and comforting observations/affirmations in this book, it also felt very superficial in a lot of ways. A few chapters went a little deeper into the author's actual mental health struggles, and those chapters were the most interesting and meaningful. The rest of the book felt like I was reading inspiration Instagram posts—not inherently a bad thing, but you have space in a book to go deeper, and I think it's a missed opportunity that he didn't.
While there is a lot of great insight and comforting observations/affirmations in this book, it also felt very superficial in a lot of ways. A few chapters went a little deeper into the author's actual mental health struggles, and those chapters were the most interesting and meaningful. The rest of the book felt like I was reading inspiration Instagram posts—not inherently a bad thing, but you have space in a book to go deeper, and I think it's a missed opportunity that he didn't.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts