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The Art of Being ALONE: Solitude Is My HOME, Loneliness Was My Cage
by Renuka Gavrani
Edit:
Nope, after finishing bell hooks' Communion, this one is most definitely a one-star. (More details on my review for Communion, but save your time and money and read hooks' book instead.)
Original:
2.5 stars rounded up
This book was kind of hard to rate since there were some parts that were relatable, inspiring, and exactly what I needed to hear, and others where the author came across to me as overly judgmental and/or pretty much contradicted stuff she said a few chapters back without any attempt to elaborate and parse out any nuances. For example, a few chapters after writing about how we should think for ourselves rather than listen to what everyone around us (whether from real life, books, podcasts, or YouTube) is saying, she goes on about how we should constantly strive to learn from books, podcasts, and YouTube??? I somewhat get the sentiment of learning from a broad range of sources but taking the time to decide what makes sense to ourselves (or not) and recognizing none of what we come up with is entirely original, but it would've been so much simpler to just say that.
There were also an AWFUL amount of grammatical errors throughout the book, to the point of it being distracting.
Nope, after finishing bell hooks' Communion, this one is most definitely a one-star. (More details on my review for Communion, but save your time and money and read hooks' book instead.)
Original:
2.5 stars rounded up
This book was kind of hard to rate since there were some parts that were relatable, inspiring, and exactly what I needed to hear, and others where the author came across to me as overly judgmental and/or pretty much contradicted stuff she said a few chapters back without any attempt to elaborate and parse out any nuances. For example, a few chapters after writing about how we should think for ourselves rather than listen to what everyone around us (whether from real life, books, podcasts, or YouTube) is saying, she goes on about how we should constantly strive to learn from books, podcasts, and YouTube??? I somewhat get the sentiment of learning from a broad range of sources but taking the time to decide what makes sense to ourselves (or not) and recognizing none of what we come up with is entirely original, but it would've been so much simpler to just say that.
There were also an AWFUL amount of grammatical errors throughout the book, to the point of it being distracting.