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El sutil arte de que te importe un caraj* - Segunda Edición: Un enfoque disruptivo para vivir una buena vida by Mark Manson
52 reviews
kbrantmeier24's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
This book was a swift kick in the pants. The main message is basically that life isn't all about you, so stop acting so entitled. I also liked that it was relatively short, only about 200 pages. A solid self-help book. 9/10
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing, Death, and Alcohol
jeanaquinlan's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This book has some good advice about life, though it drags on at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Death
Moderate: Suicide
sabrinaaa720's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
2.0
Somewhat entertaining but felt rather repetitive and under-qualified, having listened to more thoroughly referenced non-fiction books recently.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death
amateur_bookworm's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
My summary: This personal development self-help book explains that there is a subtle art to not giving a f*ck. Central themes include the idea of choosing what you decide is important to care about, taking responsibility for your current situation in life and taking ownership of your feelings about it, determining your own set of values and framing your view of the world in light of those values, accepting both failure and rejection as tools to improve, and an overall contemplation of your own mortality and how your ideas about it should influence your choices in life. The entirety of the book is told very frankly and with f*cking excessive use of the word f*ck.
My thoughts: This was …. fine. Nothing earth shattering. Nothing particularly life changing. A few points got me thinking, but I couldn’t relate to or didn’t agree with a lot of his points. I found it hard to care about many of his stories and examples of real people and some of them seemed, frankly, out of context with whatever concept he was expounding upon. Also, I swear a lot, but this book swears A LOT. Especially the first chapter. I could see how a lot of people could stop listening before getting through just the first part, particularly when listening to the audiobook version as opposed to reading it. Disappointment Panda made me think of Ted and that made me laugh in my own little world over here. The narrator was good and it’s a relatively short audiobook. Overall, I did have a couple of “aha!” moments while listening, particularly in regard to my feelings at work, so I did gain a bit of insight into myself by listening to it. If you’re looking for a self-help or personal development book that is very frank with zero coddling and no empty placating fillers, and you don’t mind an overuse of the work f*ck, then this book or audiobook is worth checking out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
lovesbug787's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
It is somewhat repetitive but gets the point across. Gives a lot of good information
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, and Mental illness
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and War
Talks about a lot of uncomfortable or unfortunate situations as examples for ways to change life. They are brief for the most part but are covered and may be unsuitable for some peoplejanemarple's review against another edition
fast-paced
2.0
The ultimate white bro advice book. Come to hear (repeatedly) how many women he has slept with, stay for him gleefully telling you about his stalker. There’s good advice here, but it’s buried under so much self-aggrandizing and “look how cool I am” stories from his life. Yuck.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Transphobia
sabinehunter's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol
hbw_94's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing and Death
essentialnpc's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
qubilahshabazz's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I really enjoyed this book for all its nuggets. The author’s voice is a bit much/extra, but that didn’t stop me from plowing through the book. I really enjoyed the format of the chapters. This is a simple read yet offers meaningful opportunities for self-reflection.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing