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thegeekybibliophile's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book in a single sitting... the stories within were so good that I was unable to put it down until I finished it. I found many of the stories to be quite engrossing, and several touched my heart in ways I hadn't expected. That's really saying something for me, because in the past, whenever I saw one of the 'Chicken Soup' books, I wouldn't even bother to pick it up to read so much as the book jacket. I'd heard so much about how wonderful they were supposed to be that it put me off reading them. If this one hadn't been a freebie, I'd probably still be left in the dark about how good they are. (I feel safe including all the 'Chicken Soup' books in that statement, even though I've only read the one.)
If you enjoy inspirational short stories, it's a good bet that you will like this book.
If you enjoy inspirational short stories, it's a good bet that you will like this book.
booksbycc's review against another edition
5.0
Love love love! This has everything. Just page after page after page of every good ingredient that a good chicken soup must have.
I have read this many times over the years and I will always re visit this book.
Perfect for a motivation, perfect for inspiration, perfect for all the feels.
Hello Book Buddies
I have read this many times over the years and I will always re visit this book.
Perfect for a motivation, perfect for inspiration, perfect for all the feels.
Hello Book Buddies
kairosdreaming's review against another edition
2.0
I'm a woman, so this book applies to me right? Or at least that's what I thought. However, I think the authors of this book have a very narrow sight on what it means to be a woman. But more on that later. This book is one of the very many versions of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books out there. These books are known for their uplifting short stories that are meant to inspire, make you feel good, or just make you cry.
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul takes stories about women and fills a number of places with them. The chapters range from being about Overcoming Obstacles, Motherhood, Marriage, Attitude, and Love. There are stories about mother's doing whatever they can for their children, to becoming a mom for the first time, to finding the love of your life and marrying him. Far and few between however, are stories about women who stay single and don't have children. There are a few, but barely any. The majority of the stories focus on motherhood and marriage. One of those few that was not however, was about a woman pilot, and that actually was an inspiring story. But then there was one of the first stories in the book, about a man who was inspired by his wife to take his mom out to dinner and other activities, but kept calling it dating his mother, which was kind of creepy (the story may have been innocent but continual references to dating your mother just doesn't sit right).
Since these are short stories we don't really get a sense of all the people. After all, you're seeing them through biased eyes without a lot of description. Everyone seems to be glowing. And mothers and married women are especially revered (are you sensing a theme here). But there are a lot of good people mentioned in these books. People who do good for other people. And there's even a few that are inspiring.
So obviously my main complaints with this book are its representation of women. I'm not saying that it's wrong to have a section on marriage or on motherhood, but I think equal status (and a devoted chapter) should be given to the single career-oriented and the non-mothers. They do a lot of good in the world too. And there's already plenty of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul books. It's almost like they're saying women who don't follow those choices in life aren't quite women. And that's heartbreaking. This is a Christian based publication, but this one didn't have too many stories that were preachy, which was nice. It was approachable in that way at least.
Not my favorite of the Chicken Soup books. Maybe I'm a little biased, but I just wish this book had been for ALL women.
Chicken Soup for the Women's Soul
Copyright 1996
328 pages
Review by M. Reynard 2013
More of my reviews can be found at www.ifithaswords.blogspot.com
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul takes stories about women and fills a number of places with them. The chapters range from being about Overcoming Obstacles, Motherhood, Marriage, Attitude, and Love. There are stories about mother's doing whatever they can for their children, to becoming a mom for the first time, to finding the love of your life and marrying him. Far and few between however, are stories about women who stay single and don't have children. There are a few, but barely any. The majority of the stories focus on motherhood and marriage. One of those few that was not however, was about a woman pilot, and that actually was an inspiring story. But then there was one of the first stories in the book, about a man who was inspired by his wife to take his mom out to dinner and other activities, but kept calling it dating his mother, which was kind of creepy (the story may have been innocent but continual references to dating your mother just doesn't sit right).
Since these are short stories we don't really get a sense of all the people. After all, you're seeing them through biased eyes without a lot of description. Everyone seems to be glowing. And mothers and married women are especially revered (are you sensing a theme here). But there are a lot of good people mentioned in these books. People who do good for other people. And there's even a few that are inspiring.
So obviously my main complaints with this book are its representation of women. I'm not saying that it's wrong to have a section on marriage or on motherhood, but I think equal status (and a devoted chapter) should be given to the single career-oriented and the non-mothers. They do a lot of good in the world too. And there's already plenty of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul books. It's almost like they're saying women who don't follow those choices in life aren't quite women. And that's heartbreaking. This is a Christian based publication, but this one didn't have too many stories that were preachy, which was nice. It was approachable in that way at least.
Not my favorite of the Chicken Soup books. Maybe I'm a little biased, but I just wish this book had been for ALL women.
Chicken Soup for the Women's Soul
Copyright 1996
328 pages
Review by M. Reynard 2013
More of my reviews can be found at www.ifithaswords.blogspot.com
dreamadeer's review against another edition
2.0
One story was also put in Chicken Soup for the Teenage's Soul. I wonder how this happened?
Many stories were added with 'magical incident' that I highly doubted really happened.
Some others stories were about dead people who supposedly good and kind, but it was hard to feel anything about those beloved people because the readers had zero attachment with the characters.
Well not all of the stories were boring, but overall I couldn't wait to put it down. Or maybe this was just not my cup of tea.
Many stories were added with 'magical incident' that I highly doubted really happened.
Some others stories were about dead people who supposedly good and kind, but it was hard to feel anything about those beloved people because the readers had zero attachment with the characters.
Well not all of the stories were boring, but overall I couldn't wait to put it down. Or maybe this was just not my cup of tea.
rhythimashinde's review against another edition
2.0
It was just okay. Some stories felt too cheesy - some too good - so good neutral point as a conclusive summary of the book.
Maybe reading it at a lower point in my life would have changed my opinions (and I would have rated this higher).
Maybe reading it at a lower point in my life would have changed my opinions (and I would have rated this higher).