isabelchang5's review
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
2.0
I have mixed feelings about this book. It portrays many problematic situations that are very much real and valid, but gives very few satisfactory solutions. On dealing with anger, it instructs one to journal about the anger, giving such prompts as: "What color is it (anger)?". "Is it hard or soft?" Some people may find this healing, but I just found it very frustrating.
Another issue I have a problem with, but might not bother anyone else, is the profanity. I just don't find this helpful or professional, and was quite surprised at the frequency of such words. I don't have a problem with the author not being an "expert," meaning educated in the field of which she is writing, but I do have a problem with trashing professional therapy as means to validate coaching.
And lastly, the typos! Admittedly, if the rest of the book had been to my liking, the typos wouldn't have bothered me so much, but the book is riddled with them.
In summary, although there is some good advice throughout the book, I felt I got almost zero informational value from it.
Another issue I have a problem with, but might not bother anyone else, is the profanity. I just don't find this helpful or professional, and was quite surprised at the frequency of such words. I don't have a problem with the author not being an "expert," meaning educated in the field of which she is writing, but I do have a problem with trashing professional therapy as means to validate coaching.
And lastly, the typos! Admittedly, if the rest of the book had been to my liking, the typos wouldn't have bothered me so much, but the book is riddled with them.
In summary, although there is some good advice throughout the book, I felt I got almost zero informational value from it.
mouthy_books's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.75
ejsimpson's review
1.0
Was there an editor for this “book” or did Anderson have it go straight through to publication? There are so many errors in this book (missing words, spelling, changing daughters to sons in an example, grammatical). Then we have an author that repeats the same two or three instances of her wretched mother to drive the same point through a hundred something pages. It’s hard to take the “advice” seriously when the author seems to proclaim herself a mother-daughter relationship expert yet doesn’t take an actual stance on what may be best for different women (sure, you can divorce your mom a little or a lot, who cares so long as you’re happy!). Even aside from repeat advice and pre-kindergarten mistakes, there’s little talk and a lot of lists that any self-help or hype friend would give you. Imagine being happy. Imagine being confident. Imagine feeling secure in your relationships. Pure repetitive uselessness. But hey, if you’re looking for something to roll your eyes at, and something to give you fifty journal prompts, this book is for you.
micklesreads's review
This is self-published, which I didn't realize when I bought it. There were a few good insights early on, but it's incredibly repetitive and so poorly edited that I couldn't get through it.