A review by bianca89279
The Art of Being Brilliant by Andy Cope, Andy Whittaker

4.0

Here I was scrolling through the new library offerings when I came across this book. The title got on my wrong side, not unusual when it comes to this kind of pronouncement, but seeing how short it was and given that I was feeling meah I thought I'd give it a go. The description had something about being funny, so that sealed the deal. Besides I needed a pep-talk.

I quickly warmed up to the book, as it was self-deprecating, snarky, in a way that only the Brits can be. They promised not to use fancy academic words (not that I object to them) and also to be amusing.
They delivered. It's a co-authored book, that's why I used the third person plural.

This book is about positive psychology. It makes its case pretty well. The principles are simple, common-sense, most of us already know them. Putting what you know into practice, consistently, is a struggle for many people.
There are plenty of funny, wise quotes.
There are many resources and lists.
In this case, I wish I had the print version, even though Glen McCready's narration was excellent.