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The Courage to be Disliked: The Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
3 reviews
the_robyn's review against another edition
DNF'ed at 43%. What an utter misnomer of a book, and unreadable drivel on top of that.
If you were hoping to learn about how to get the courage to be disliked, you will probably not find that here. This is a treatise (?) on Adlerian philosophy/psychology in dialogue format.
But hey, did you know that trauma doesn't exist? :) (And yes, I did read past that part. Quite a bit past it.)
There is literally nothing I liked about this book. The dialogue format, the writing, the reliance on psychological theories that definitely do not hold anymore, and (presumably) the translation into English. I think I DNF'ed after reading the young guy say "No way!' for the seventeenth time.
If you were hoping to learn about how to get the courage to be disliked, you will probably not find that here. This is a treatise (?) on Adlerian philosophy/psychology in dialogue format.
But hey, did you know that trauma doesn't exist? :) (And yes, I did read past that part. Quite a bit past it.)
There is literally nothing I liked about this book. The dialogue format, the writing, the reliance on psychological theories that definitely do not hold anymore, and (presumably) the translation into English. I think I DNF'ed after reading the young guy say "No way!' for the seventeenth time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Classism
bookrecsanddnfs's review against another edition
"Trauma does not exist". Yikes. Talk about victim-blaming
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Gaslighting
libraryoflanelle's review against another edition
3.5
Approach this book with caution. There are many concepts that are harmful including: mention of denying trauma, a harmful approach to looking at abuse through a lense that feels a bit self-gas-light-y and similar mistreatment of reasoning behind self harm. That being said, this book contained some gems of wisdom and some much needed reminders. If you are the kind of person that is able to take what you find helpful from teaching and leave the rest then it’s for sure worth a read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, and Gaslighting