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A review by loftio
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Helpful, but not life-changing
I chose to read this book as the first of 2022 because it felt like it lined up with the idea of changing my social media habits (which I have done dramatically).
Overall, I enjoyed the book and the themes covered felt very important and timely. It didn't particularly change my mind about anything, but it did reinforce the idea of changing my habits. I am already in the mindset of making changes, and I've put some of those into action ahead of reading the book, now after reading there's a few other things I'd like to change in my routine, so in general it's been helpful
A note however... this book is written by somebody with anxiety, I do not have anxiety, but if I did I don't this book would be helpful. The first half almost made me feel anxious by proxy, just by reading Haig's narrative on the world. While he does offer some thoughts and reflections on certain topics like social media addictions, self-esteem and the overload of information we consume in modern life, it doesn't feel like there are many solutions. So in that way, I'm unsure whether I'd recommend this to the people I originally thought might benefit from it the most.
Also I think this book could have been half the length, but I think that about most 'self-help' style books.
On the flip side, I absolutely love Haig's fictional writing, so I'll be picking up The Midnight Library very soon!
I chose to read this book as the first of 2022 because it felt like it lined up with the idea of changing my social media habits (which I have done dramatically).
Overall, I enjoyed the book and the themes covered felt very important and timely. It didn't particularly change my mind about anything, but it did reinforce the idea of changing my habits. I am already in the mindset of making changes, and I've put some of those into action ahead of reading the book, now after reading there's a few other things I'd like to change in my routine, so in general it's been helpful
A note however... this book is written by somebody with anxiety, I do not have anxiety, but if I did I don't this book would be helpful. The first half almost made me feel anxious by proxy, just by reading Haig's narrative on the world. While he does offer some thoughts and reflections on certain topics like social media addictions, self-esteem and the overload of information we consume in modern life, it doesn't feel like there are many solutions. So in that way, I'm unsure whether I'd recommend this to the people I originally thought might benefit from it the most.
Also I think this book could have been half the length, but I think that about most 'self-help' style books.
On the flip side, I absolutely love Haig's fictional writing, so I'll be picking up The Midnight Library very soon!
Content Warnings
Minor: Mental illness