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lschappy's review against another edition
3.0
Took me awhile to get through. I liked that the chapters were short. Positive messages and mindset throughout, but didn’t necessarily speak to me and my life/journey.
zbmorgan's review against another edition
5.0
The point of a good memoir is for the person writing it to impart everything they've learned - supposedly that hard way - to the reader so the reader feels wiser after reading it. This truly delivers, as Doyle recounts her childhood insecurities, her bulimia, her divorce, and her parenting worries to the reader holding nothing back. So nice to find a book that's actually worth all the fuss.
tabibaby's review against another edition
3.0
I started out enjoying her, then being annoyed by her repetitive essay long paragraphs repeating herself over and over and OVER and then being so annoyed I felt like I was trapped in a room with an incessant battering. With 80 pages left, everytime I try to read a sentence my inner monologue screams, “OH MY GOD WE GET IT SHUT UP!” I agree with MOST of the things she says, but I just cannot stand her. I’m sorry. She’s very intelligent, which is why we have 3 stars. VERY quotable. I enjoyed many things I would only consider as quotes surrounded by incessant rambling. I’m so happy to be relieved of the burden of this book. I’m sorry.
mariaalejandra_rc's review against another edition
5.0
This is a book that every woman must read. At least to change the perspective of what we’ve been taught. This book came to me in the perfect moment to help me realize sort of thing and help me with other ones.
I really love the way Glennon writes. Is like she’s telling you the story just in person, or like we’ve been friends long time ago.
Some stories are shorter than other but do not left less thoughts.
I do really recommend this book, most if you’re mind opened or willing to. Really inspirational.
I really love the way Glennon writes. Is like she’s telling you the story just in person, or like we’ve been friends long time ago.
Some stories are shorter than other but do not left less thoughts.
I do really recommend this book, most if you’re mind opened or willing to. Really inspirational.
fran_bielar's review against another edition
3.0
So at first i was a bit taken aback by the whole cheetah thing. And then we jumped into the spiritual hide in your closet during a board meeting to find your knowing and i felt like we look a serious left turn. BUT i do think there were some good hidden gems and the overall message of the book i can get behind. After learning her story i can see the motivation behind this book so i can appreciate where her story comes from.
A few bookmarks:
1) “i thought pain was for pushing down and not feeling. I thought when life got hard it was a signal that i had screwed up somehow and not just a part of life” ouch, i feel attacked. Even today i feel this way so im into the idea of changing that
2) “right now you are choosing between being an obedient daughter or a responsible mother. Choose mother.” As someone who doesn’t speak to one of my biological parents this one definitely hit home. I’ve made this decision because I’m not willing to allow my future family to be impacted the way that I was. The obedient daughter would shut up and put her feelings aside to appease the parent. But in my attempts to be a responsible mother, I am choosing to put my future family first.
3) “we did not fall into this life that we have, we made it” specifically in the context of falling in love and building a life with someone this feels so beautiful and romantic.
The piece i disagree with is the concept of people, specifically women, are put in cages and just live that life without knowing any different and if you life that life it’s because you are caged. I would venture to say it’s okay if that is the life i want. Yes i was raised in a society where women predominantly marry men and have kids and focus on being good mothers. If that is something i want that doesn’t make me caged or an idiot for wanting what i saw around me. I like the idea that everyone can break out of those boxes and shouldn’t feel like the door is closed to other ways of life but just because you want something that is “normal” i don’t think that puts you in a disadvantaged position as a caged animal.
A few bookmarks:
1) “i thought pain was for pushing down and not feeling. I thought when life got hard it was a signal that i had screwed up somehow and not just a part of life” ouch, i feel attacked. Even today i feel this way so im into the idea of changing that
2) “right now you are choosing between being an obedient daughter or a responsible mother. Choose mother.” As someone who doesn’t speak to one of my biological parents this one definitely hit home. I’ve made this decision because I’m not willing to allow my future family to be impacted the way that I was. The obedient daughter would shut up and put her feelings aside to appease the parent. But in my attempts to be a responsible mother, I am choosing to put my future family first.
3) “we did not fall into this life that we have, we made it” specifically in the context of falling in love and building a life with someone this feels so beautiful and romantic.
The piece i disagree with is the concept of people, specifically women, are put in cages and just live that life without knowing any different and if you life that life it’s because you are caged. I would venture to say it’s okay if that is the life i want. Yes i was raised in a society where women predominantly marry men and have kids and focus on being good mothers. If that is something i want that doesn’t make me caged or an idiot for wanting what i saw around me. I like the idea that everyone can break out of those boxes and shouldn’t feel like the door is closed to other ways of life but just because you want something that is “normal” i don’t think that puts you in a disadvantaged position as a caged animal.
liz_mcc's review against another edition
3.0
An enjoyable pep talk, championing living on your own terms, but one that feels very scattered. The chapters jump all over the place, and I feel a lot of the themes could have been better tied together. A lot of this book rang true for me; I think if I read this book two years ago I would have been blown away, but because I've been thinking so much about living authentically over the past year or so, not a lot of it felt very new or different. I am fascinated by Glennon's relationship with Abby. I'm not one to believe in love at first sight, so it was fascinating to read about a real life example of it!
pnlx's review against another edition
1.0
primeiro dnf do ano, mas auto ajuda meio manhosa não é a minha praia.
comrademun's review against another edition
2.0
I enjoyed reading the one-star reviews of this book a thousand times more than the book itself.
I literally only finished this because I told mum I’d read it, so I’m definitely not the target audience.
I don’t enjoy platitudes or big “Realisations” being recreated in a completely Unrealistic Manner (let alone the tendency to Capitalise to stress Importance), and the “profound metaphors” the author claims to understand life through are simplistic similes shoehorned into every anecdote.
no thank you.
I literally only finished this because I told mum I’d read it, so I’m definitely not the target audience.
I don’t enjoy platitudes or big “Realisations” being recreated in a completely Unrealistic Manner (let alone the tendency to Capitalise to stress Importance), and the “profound metaphors” the author claims to understand life through are simplistic similes shoehorned into every anecdote.
no thank you.
taylor_broek's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of the best books I’ve ever read!
While I couldn’t relate to the whole book I could relate to a lot of it and felt like she was speaking to me directly telling me what I needed to hear and answering some questions that I’ve always had. Her story is completely unique and also not unique at all. So many of us (women especially) have experienced the same things that she has, have been taught & believed the same things and struggled with the same things. She brings real stories with strong empowerment and inspirational takeaways. She is not perfect but she is also not “flawed” or “broken” because no one is, she is humaning the way we all are and she is the imperfect ghost we all are.
This book is not for everyone and won’t be loved by everyone because this books isn’t really a self help book it’s a memoir. This book is really for Glennon and about Glennon she is the only one who will be able to relate to every single aspect of this book because it is her story. She can only talk about her struggles and her experiences that not all women have had but most women have had some. She does come across as a little “fuck everyone else but me” I need to live my truest most beautiful life and I’m not responsible for yours but I think that there is a balance between the selfless and selfish woman that she is really trying to get at since the standard was always the most selfless a woman can be the better woman she is. “Selfless women make for an efficient society but not a beautiful, true, or just one.”
While I couldn’t relate to the whole book I could relate to a lot of it and felt like she was speaking to me directly telling me what I needed to hear and answering some questions that I’ve always had. Her story is completely unique and also not unique at all. So many of us (women especially) have experienced the same things that she has, have been taught & believed the same things and struggled with the same things. She brings real stories with strong empowerment and inspirational takeaways. She is not perfect but she is also not “flawed” or “broken” because no one is, she is humaning the way we all are and she is the imperfect ghost we all are.
This book is not for everyone and won’t be loved by everyone because this books isn’t really a self help book it’s a memoir. This book is really for Glennon and about Glennon she is the only one who will be able to relate to every single aspect of this book because it is her story. She can only talk about her struggles and her experiences that not all women have had but most women have had some. She does come across as a little “fuck everyone else but me” I need to live my truest most beautiful life and I’m not responsible for yours but I think that there is a balance between the selfless and selfish woman that she is really trying to get at since the standard was always the most selfless a woman can be the better woman she is. “Selfless women make for an efficient society but not a beautiful, true, or just one.”