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mia_finley's review against another edition
3.0
This book was okay for me. The structure is not my type of enjoyable reading and sometimes I found the advice offensive and missing nuance. I suppose that nuance is hard to capture when there isn’t an actual conversation happening. Just one singular response to a multi layered question.
I will say she has golden nuggets within the book such as excellently written anecdotes with rich meaning strung beautifully together. Easily some of the anecdotes were my favorite part however since it is an advice column, it felt odd to always respond with a story about herself first. She did always circle back to the person eventually but sometimes I just didn’t want to read another memoir of herself. My personal dislike of the structure and one sided advice giving resulted in less stars. Now I know this type of book is not my style. Onto others!
nerissassippi's review against another edition
5.0
When I first read "Wild" I was not impressed. I don't enjoy stories of voluntary hardship when it seems obvious to me and the author that they were purposefully setting themselves up for hardship. Upon reading "Dear Sugar," I feel so much more compassion and understanding for Cheryl Strayed. This book, although nominally an advice column, is a beautifully written tale of her own life and difficult choices. I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoyed "Wild" and to those who didn't.
carriepond's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
yizzied's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this book, there were letters that spoke to me more than others, but overall it was nice to hear people's experiences in a way I could apply advice to my own experience.
sarahkirky's review against another edition
5.0
Breaks my heart in a way it needs to be broken. so beautiful.
hadidee's review against another edition
I picked this up to read on a plane, wasn't expecting much and was vey pleasantly surprised. Less an advice column and more reflections on life and resilience, Strayed weaves her own life experiences into her reflections. Sometimes she hits the sweet-spot (her reply to the man who lost his 22-yr old son made me well up), and sometimes she doesn't, but overall well worth reading, both for the reflections and her writing. Will be checking out more of her writing
msjared's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this one very much although I got teary-eyed and emotional a bunch of times. I've never really read advice columns, but this one was much more involved and heartfelt and compassionate and respectful and deeply moving than I expected. I think I learned a lot by reading letters I didn't send but totally could've written.