Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

El sutil arte de que te importe un caraj* - Segunda Edición: Un enfoque disruptivo para vivir una buena vida by Mark Manson

11 reviews

sophiewho's review against another edition

2.0

I can see why there are people that are enthousiastic about this book, and while I do think that the author said some interesting stuff that set my gears turning, but it was repetetive as can be, and it would have been a lot better if the examples he used weren't riddled with micro-aggressions (he'd probably find this part of the review excactly what is wrong with people, but so what).  

The examples he used include things such as him talking about how he "settled" with his wife and tells her she doesn't look good sometimes, about how much horrible shit he did when he was younger but "how much better" he is now, inserting islamaphobia, victim-blaming people in abusive situations, judging people based on stories he made up in his head (even though that goes against what he is writing about), disrespecting femininity and women in general, and more. 

I wouldn't recommend it to someone that wants to be changed by reading a self-help book or re-invent themselves (because that's not something that's feasable anyway in my opinion), or someone that is easily swayed by what people write. I've seen way too many people have problematic takeaways from this book. 

I'd personally only read it if you don't intend to take it too seriously, and I just wanna get some different thoughts to swirl around in your brain for a bit (if you got some extra time). And if you're willing to deal with the messed up examples he keeps on giving. 

Honestly, this whole thing could have been a blog or a single chapter in another book (without the examples and all the repeating there's not much left).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, and Alcohol

kim_lommaert's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Suicide

melcsim's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.25

There weren't many new things, the writing style also did not fit my taste. There was one good quote in it though....

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

It has too many times the f word in it.

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death

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 

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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 people

rtjaegs's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

fluture's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

A pretty enjoyable book to read. Don't expect a sudden urge to manifest character development after reading it but for someone who is currently struggling with self-trust in a fast paced community with greedy standard, this book does help in widening my vision to change my value in life to be a lot more simple and take the first little step to start doing what I want instead of what the society want. On the other hand, the lifestyle, standard, and examples that were written in this book legit screams an American perspective which is not recommended for those who still think in conventional way.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

as an avid overthinker, i didn't believe this book could possibly tell or teach me anything i didn't already know. that this would be another one of those generic "stay positive and don't act like an asshole!" type of self-help books, but oh my goodness, was i wrong.

hilarious and actually genuine, this book is packed with truthful advice and helpful anecdotes about how to deal with life and all of the stupid shit that worries us way too much on a day-to-day basis.

and if you're thinking: "my life is going great, i don't need a self-help book" then you're 1) probably not even reading this, and 2) very wrong. this one is for everyone, not only for the depressed, the sad, the hopeless. this book is for everyone, because it talks about how we as humans and individuals can become better at dealing with our bullshit and start giving less fucks about unimportant, time-consuming subjects. 

everyone should read this book. end of story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

irinalast's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Weirdly comforting. I listened to the audiobook over several days while multitasking; I was able to understand, question, and accept what was said easily. It’s necessary to sometimes hear these life-lessons reminders every once in a while. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship