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Thought provoking essays

Reviewed in Australia on 30 June 2019

Thought provoking, " mature" , written in a perspective language sometimes yet beautifully done.

Definitely recommended for a lot of "soul" searching.

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Gordon Ross

Tiring

Reviewed in Australia on 10 August 2021

The title should give the hint. This is hard work and at times contradictory which makes it hard to keep engaged. Ended up choosing some of the essays of interest.

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J123

Trivial and Plain

Reviewed in Australia on 2 January 2022

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By essays, they are actually list of points with very little in-depth thinking. And the book is composed of 101 such lists, mostly rephrasing and repeating the trivial.

Nothing revolutionary or will open your mind. It may make you feel like you have some clarity while you are reading it but I doubt it will "change the way you think".

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Moonfaery

Over rated.

Reviewed in Australia on 12 January 2022

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Extremely disappointed on how a book full of lists and more lists is called a book of essays. I am just finding it so hard to continue. The quality of paper is bad. Unless you are new to the world of self development, this book is really very very basic.

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Henderson

Don’t waste your time

Reviewed in Australia on 9 March 2022

Absolute terrible book. Feels like the author simply found a collection of online blogs/articles of the usual “top 10 things to improve your life”/other topics and combined it into one book. Majority of the messages were surface level points and very few actual studies referenced to back up the message.

One point was legit “call you mum, not everyone has the privilege”…..with no further explanation. I was thinking “well duh, do I really need a book to tell me this”. I was half expecting the next point to be “call your grandma”.

Definitely better when a self help book focuses on a few key points but in depth as opposed to this rubbish collection of “101 essays”.

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Paul

The book is completely backwards and upside down?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 December 2020

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I am really confused, I have just received this book and the entire thing is backwards and upside down?
it is a gift for someone so i would really like a new book the right way up.

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JenniM

Lacks depth and insightful knowledge.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2021

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Very basic content, nothing profoundly different; perspective wise.. a lot of common sense stuff. Overall very underwhelming. Total bore. Give this one a hard pass and save your money

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Amazon-Kunde

Superficial

Reviewed in Germany on 21 October 2021

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I bought the book because the title seemed compelling. The title is a complete exaggeration because the rather short chapters are mostly lists of commonplace statements and lack quality and depth to qualify as essays. The high ranking the book receives and the reason why it became a bestseller is probably because there is nothing controversial in it. It wants to make you feel better about your life, jumping randomly between topics, but there is nothing thought provoking or to learn from. Save the money and go to the movies instead.

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Terrible read but a good quality book.

Reviewed in Canada on 22 May 2021

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In my opinion this book is not worth the read. It’s not thought provoking essays but simple lists (It reminds me of Pinterest posts). The numbered lists makes the read choppy and then I lose interest quickly. I do not recommend this book at all.

The quality of the book was wonderful and there weren’t any typos I noticed (some other sellers seem to have quite a few).

59 people found this helpful

Lionel

TRAUMATIZING

Reviewed in France on 24 August 2021

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This book is awful, there's some chapter that are okay and a little bit motivational, but there's literally a chapter that tells you that you might not still be alive for your thirties, that you're not exceptional, and not smart enough to be anything you want in life. PLEASE NEVER GIFT THIS BOOK TO YOUNG ADULTS AND TEENAGERS. And most of all there's a lot of chapters about how if you're "procrastinating" you'll never succeed in life, it's like a book that represent everything that's wrong about our society these days, you need to WORK to feel important. If you ever feel like doing nothing there's something wrong with you and you must ALWAYS DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE.
On her Instagram there's some beautiful quotes that are nice and reassuring about life and how everything will be okay so I thought I'd buy her first book, now I realize that I never should have, I lost 20€.
This book is definitely not for people that want to feel okay about themselves. DON'T READ IF YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR COMFORT.

Everything in it just makes you question if you're good enough. It's like a list of facts that tells you you're not good enough, and if you're not like that you're not "on the right path". A really f***ed up book.

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stephanie

Repetitive

Reviewed in the United States on 23 May 2020

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I got this book cause it seemed like a good read. I am a couple of essays in. I think the names really hook you of each essay, but at least the first 5 essays that I have read are mostly in lists (and skimming through the pages, most are), and seem to keep say the same message over and over again. This book won't change the way you think, cause the other doesn't change the message. To sum up the message and save you the money and 400 pages of reading, break your routine and don't be afraid of things that scare you - it means you care. Also, take charge of the way you feel.

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Antonella

Pessimo libro

Reviewed in Italy on 9 October 2021

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Secondo me e' il libro peggiore che una persona possa leggere, l'ho trovato offensivo, deleterio e distruttivo per ogni psiche umana interessata a sopravvivere e a crescere. Da semplice psicologa non lo consiglierei ad alcuno. Frasi senza senso, poche conoscenze utilizzate male e per fini non troppo chiari, a voler essere ottimista. Per niente gentile verso gli esseri umani. Onestamente non gli avrei dato neanche una stella nella recensione.

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