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kassandrik's review
5.0
Don't get confused and distracted by the cursing in the heading, curses in the text and quite a humor along psychiatric advice. This book gives a valuable message about good deeds, good thoughts, good words and plenty of real life examples support the text.
yodamom's review
4.0
I think I chuckled, on almost every page. While this is a serious book it is about not being so serious about everything. We whine, moan, obsess and complain so much in our lives, always looking to blame something or someone even ourselves for not living up to the ideal. Well, just F8ck it! None of us are prefect, none of us are saints, we cary baggage, we snarl and spit, we are truly warped, get over it ! Work with you inner screwed up beast don’t neuter it.
Fun, foul language and realistic
Fun, foul language and realistic
senquezada29's review
2.0
I picked up this book to see what my (then) GF was trying to communicate to me when she bought it for herself on a day trip I took her and her kids on. The book title may have communicated her feelings (or lack thereof) very accurately, but the title created a misleading intro to the book itself (which may be why I noticed she never finished reading it). It's definitely a self-help-esque type of book and at times gives some great advice. Overall though, I thought it promoted a defeatist type of attitude to life in general and at some points, I STRONGLY disagreed with the advice it gave and the failure for it to consider the larger social and political implications of some of the recommeded actions. I appreciated the effort by the authors to put this kind of guidance into everyday language/perspective, but felt like they used that as a crutch because they had to recommend your response be F*CK it to every problem and they had to stuck with that theme. Each chapter was titled F*CK something: SERENITY, LOVE, COMMUNICATION, etc. and I felt that although it was a cute approach and at times quite humorous as well, at other times it was just flat out bad advice. With all that said, there were still some helpful nuggets of wisdom in there, so it wasn't without any redeeming quality. Still one of my lower rated books though.
dilchh's review against another edition
2.0
Ah, see how promising this book was going to be? This was going to be a different self-help book. This was not going to be those lame ass self-help book you have been tricked to read. Oh no, you won't be tricked into reading a self-help book when you read this book. Why? Because look at how no-nonsense the book title is. Look at how the book is not speaking to you in the condescending shrink tone like the other self-help book. Oh how this book was a promising book.
But, of course, once a self-help book, will always be a self-help book.
Behind the no-nonsense crap the book's language is, behind the cuss words that made the book seems like a fun and easy to read kind of book, behind all those glittering promises that this was going to be a different self-help book than the other self-help book; this was still the exact same and carbon copy of all the other self-help book out there.
What this book is good at is one thing; good marketing. Imagine a situation where you're feeling incredibly blue/gloomy/sad/depressed etc. and you just want to get out of the rut, then you see this book somewhere. With its blinding yellow cover, and the attractive title, and the promise of the practical advice for managing life's impossible problems; now why wouldn't you give this book a try? After all the countless annoying self-help books that you've read before this, this books seems like your hail Mary book. This was the book that was going to save you. Then you read the introduction part, and you just knew it that this was the book; the promised book for all your life's impossible problems.
But, see, it's not. It's all just good marketing. You read the first few chapters and you're nodding your head thinking that, yep 'tis book is my jam 'cause it's full of cuss words and whatever. But the thing is, as you progress with the book, the cuss words are getting less and less, and the condescending tone of typical self-help book starts to emerge. The language now turns into the know-it all ones. Like it knows how to fix your problem, any of your problem, and if you still can't, maybe because you're not trying hard enough.
See, another thing about this book apart from its good marketing is that this book promotes acceptance. It tells you to accept the things you can change and to move on forward from there, as oppose to spending the rest of your entire life trying to change the unchangeable things. While this is a good advice (it really is, I was not being sarcastic about it), I don't think I need to read the whole entire book about it. Because, as interesting as the chapter classifications are, every single thing says the exact same thing just with a bit of twist here and there. Every single examples being said always be answered with something about accepting that things are beyond your control, that sometimes you are not responsible for the shits in your life, and what you can be in control is how you move forward from the shits. Well, it don't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.
Although, to be completely fair, most people in their darkest times almost always failed to notice the simple truth that for most of the time, all the shitty things in your life can happen out of your control. But, hey, if we're being petty about everything, I stand by my judgement that this book is not that different from other self-help book and that basically this was all just good marketing.
Oh wait, you think that this book is still different from the others? Because it speaks simply? Yeah, sure. You're right on that one. But after three chapters in and the whole entire content of the books uses the same formula (and basically is just saying the same thing), you are as bored as you would be when you're reading other self-help book. It started with a monologue about something, then it gets into some examples, followed by some pep talk on how to overcome the said example problems, and closed it all with a letter on how to overcome it. Over and over and over again, that is the whole content of the book. See if you're not tempted to end the book before it actually is over.
To be fair, I don't think a self-help book is something that you would be reading like you would to a novel or any other type of books. I guess self-help book is something that you read like you would read a yellow pages book; you open the table of contents, look for which section that would help you and stick to that chapter only.
So, all in all it was not a bad book. It was pretty enjoyable and I gain some interesting bit from it, but I really wouldn't be recommending this book freely. Give this book a try if you're going through a rough patch, but just stick to the specific chapters that correspond to your problem only; or you would lose sight of what the book is trying to say (like it did to me).
But, of course, once a self-help book, will always be a self-help book.
Behind the no-nonsense crap the book's language is, behind the cuss words that made the book seems like a fun and easy to read kind of book, behind all those glittering promises that this was going to be a different self-help book than the other self-help book; this was still the exact same and carbon copy of all the other self-help book out there.
What this book is good at is one thing; good marketing. Imagine a situation where you're feeling incredibly blue/gloomy/sad/depressed etc. and you just want to get out of the rut, then you see this book somewhere. With its blinding yellow cover, and the attractive title, and the promise of the practical advice for managing life's impossible problems; now why wouldn't you give this book a try? After all the countless annoying self-help books that you've read before this, this books seems like your hail Mary book. This was the book that was going to save you. Then you read the introduction part, and you just knew it that this was the book; the promised book for all your life's impossible problems.
But, see, it's not. It's all just good marketing. You read the first few chapters and you're nodding your head thinking that, yep 'tis book is my jam 'cause it's full of cuss words and whatever. But the thing is, as you progress with the book, the cuss words are getting less and less, and the condescending tone of typical self-help book starts to emerge. The language now turns into the know-it all ones. Like it knows how to fix your problem, any of your problem, and if you still can't, maybe because you're not trying hard enough.
See, another thing about this book apart from its good marketing is that this book promotes acceptance. It tells you to accept the things you can change and to move on forward from there, as oppose to spending the rest of your entire life trying to change the unchangeable things. While this is a good advice (it really is, I was not being sarcastic about it), I don't think I need to read the whole entire book about it. Because, as interesting as the chapter classifications are, every single thing says the exact same thing just with a bit of twist here and there. Every single examples being said always be answered with something about accepting that things are beyond your control, that sometimes you are not responsible for the shits in your life, and what you can be in control is how you move forward from the shits. Well, it don't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.
Although, to be completely fair, most people in their darkest times almost always failed to notice the simple truth that for most of the time, all the shitty things in your life can happen out of your control. But, hey, if we're being petty about everything, I stand by my judgement that this book is not that different from other self-help book and that basically this was all just good marketing.
Oh wait, you think that this book is still different from the others? Because it speaks simply? Yeah, sure. You're right on that one. But after three chapters in and the whole entire content of the books uses the same formula (and basically is just saying the same thing), you are as bored as you would be when you're reading other self-help book. It started with a monologue about something, then it gets into some examples, followed by some pep talk on how to overcome the said example problems, and closed it all with a letter on how to overcome it. Over and over and over again, that is the whole content of the book. See if you're not tempted to end the book before it actually is over.
To be fair, I don't think a self-help book is something that you would be reading like you would to a novel or any other type of books. I guess self-help book is something that you read like you would read a yellow pages book; you open the table of contents, look for which section that would help you and stick to that chapter only.
So, all in all it was not a bad book. It was pretty enjoyable and I gain some interesting bit from it, but I really wouldn't be recommending this book freely. Give this book a try if you're going through a rough patch, but just stick to the specific chapters that correspond to your problem only; or you would lose sight of what the book is trying to say (like it did to me).
doritobabe's review
2.0
couldn't finish this book. it became very repetitive and the humor annoying... almost as if it is disrespecting and disregarding of some mental illnesses. although, it does feel like a constant friend telling you: "get over it. accept it. you can't help anyone but yourself."
bookgirlsolutions's review
5.0
If you only buy two self help books I recommend this as well as The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck! Both fantastic down to earth and easily applicable entertaining reads.
booklovinalicia's review
3.0
This book was amusing but repetitive. After the first couple chapters you can pretty much get the gist of what they are trying to tell the reader. It could have been a lot shorter, and if not for the comedy aspect I would have stopped reading a quarter of the way through.
Read my full review at www.booklovinalicia.blogspot.com
Read my full review at www.booklovinalicia.blogspot.com