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booksreadbydeepti's review against another edition
5.0
Book 19 of 2023 - Be A Triangle by Lilly Singh - Interesting Triangle Dynamics
Rating: 5/5
My current book list has put me in a book slump again, either they are dark or too introspective, even romcom or kdramas feel off. I have been a fan of Lilly for quite some time. I love her - I follow her on and off, came across her video on this book, and was so curious, I had to pick it up.
I love this book, it is very refreshing, funny, so relatable and easy to connect - I got hooked from page one.
Not just that, I have been on the same journey from last year due to challenges in life, and uncannily have used the same tools to move forward to create a better life, even though I had felt the world was against me, now things are definitely better, people are more open too, but this book added to that, made me feel I was right all along, not that I need the validation as I believe in myself now.
It didn't feel like a self-help book but a girl explaining her own journey, which made the book a very satisfying read and the comics added on to the feel good vibe of the book, I loved them.
I have given away my takeaway above, but I would add that gratitude and distractions was a new learning for me, I will add it to my list of tools to keep it going.
I loved it, I will recommend it to anyone who is curious about it, as the journey always starts from there *wink*.
Rating: 5/5
My current book list has put me in a book slump again, either they are dark or too introspective, even romcom or kdramas feel off. I have been a fan of Lilly for quite some time. I love her - I follow her on and off, came across her video on this book, and was so curious, I had to pick it up.
I love this book, it is very refreshing, funny, so relatable and easy to connect - I got hooked from page one.
Not just that, I have been on the same journey from last year due to challenges in life, and uncannily have used the same tools to move forward to create a better life, even though I had felt the world was against me, now things are definitely better, people are more open too, but this book added to that, made me feel I was right all along, not that I need the validation as I believe in myself now.
It didn't feel like a self-help book but a girl explaining her own journey, which made the book a very satisfying read and the comics added on to the feel good vibe of the book, I loved them.
I have given away my takeaway above, but I would add that gratitude and distractions was a new learning for me, I will add it to my list of tools to keep it going.
I loved it, I will recommend it to anyone who is curious about it, as the journey always starts from there *wink*.
rlongford's review against another edition
3.0
This was a super short read, I recommend consuming this via audio book. Lilly reads it herself and it's fun to hear her style come out in the reading. Full disclosure, I went into this as a Lilly fan and while it was great to hear her voice again, this book didn't hit in the ways I was expecting. While the short size of the book makes it a lot more manageable for readers, it left me feeling that each topic she covered needed more elaboration.
sunset8305's review against another edition
3.0
I was rooting for Lilly Singh with this book, but it just didn’t do it for me. I found the advice / pearls of wisdom rather generic, and I didn’t learn all too much (or as much as I was anticipating).
silversparkles50's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
flowerhatprincess's review against another edition
2.0
2.5/5 I finished this book in about a couple of hours. I'm glad this book did so much for the author but unfortunately, it didn't do as much for me.
Being A Triangle is about finding your way to gratitude through meditation, changing your thinking, giving back to the universe, staying focused (not distracted), and building a relationship with yourself.
All of these things are very good on the surface level, but the author doesn't really dig into any details.
In her segment about the relationship you build with yourself, she brings up how life is always changing, and that nothing is black and white, we're all meeting each other in different parts of our journey. She also spoke about meditation by comparing it to a dirty ring getting cleaned, or the removal of toxins from our minds. I also appreciated what she had to say about giving back to the universe, spreading love and light, recycling, and celebrating life. I particularly liked this line in the section, A relationship with the universe, "So when life sucks, you are not being robbed of something that was promised to you, but rather experiencing something that doesn't meet your expectations (p.57)."
However, I really didn't like changing the way you think about things aspect, or everything is just a distraction from feeling gratitude. "If I woke up grateful, then this [inconvienant] phone call, this traffic, this tiredness, and this growling stomach were all distractions leading me astray. To manage the situation, I kept repeating, "This is a distraction from my gratitude. And you will not distract me." (p.69)" To me, that just sounds like wishful thinking, and not something many people would likely do, making this section not very well explored about in my opinion.
Lilly Singh scratches the surface of some of what she's been through in her life, bringing up a few things she's been through but not giving any details. Only mentioning a divorce, and a brief story of coming out. This book is sweet, but kind of bland, not really exploring how she changed anything in her life other than her thinking. When life isn't usually so simple where you can just change your thinking on a problem and that realignment of thinking will reduce your stress involved with the situation. I mean sure for some things, but anyone who is stuck in an emotionally turbulent relationship, in a demanding career, or dealing with a loss probably won't find much help from this book.
At the end of the day, it's not a bad book, but not memerable. And it's not particularly detailed about her life either.
Being A Triangle is about finding your way to gratitude through meditation, changing your thinking, giving back to the universe, staying focused (not distracted), and building a relationship with yourself.
All of these things are very good on the surface level, but the author doesn't really dig into any details.
In her segment about the relationship you build with yourself, she brings up how life is always changing, and that nothing is black and white, we're all meeting each other in different parts of our journey. She also spoke about meditation by comparing it to a dirty ring getting cleaned, or the removal of toxins from our minds. I also appreciated what she had to say about giving back to the universe, spreading love and light, recycling, and celebrating life. I particularly liked this line in the section, A relationship with the universe, "So when life sucks, you are not being robbed of something that was promised to you, but rather experiencing something that doesn't meet your expectations (p.57)."
However, I really didn't like changing the way you think about things aspect, or everything is just a distraction from feeling gratitude. "If I woke up grateful, then this [inconvienant] phone call, this traffic, this tiredness, and this growling stomach were all distractions leading me astray. To manage the situation, I kept repeating, "This is a distraction from my gratitude. And you will not distract me." (p.69)" To me, that just sounds like wishful thinking, and not something many people would likely do, making this section not very well explored about in my opinion.
Lilly Singh scratches the surface of some of what she's been through in her life, bringing up a few things she's been through but not giving any details. Only mentioning a divorce, and a brief story of coming out. This book is sweet, but kind of bland, not really exploring how she changed anything in her life other than her thinking. When life isn't usually so simple where you can just change your thinking on a problem and that realignment of thinking will reduce your stress involved with the situation. I mean sure for some things, but anyone who is stuck in an emotionally turbulent relationship, in a demanding career, or dealing with a loss probably won't find much help from this book.
At the end of the day, it's not a bad book, but not memerable. And it's not particularly detailed about her life either.
jojodoug55's review against another edition
2.0
I am a fan of Lilly Singh and her work, I even quite enjoyed her first book, "How To Be A Bawse." Unfortunately, this book I did not enjoy. It reads like a secular devotional that speaks only to a superficial understanding of what it, itself, does not even comprehend. It is mentioned at the beginning of this book that Singh did not know what exactly to write when she started writing it; this is clear. The book unfortunately seems directionless and because of this it also comes across as half-baked, making for redundant content (most of what is said in this book is just a slightly-elaborated-upon-and-mostly-paraphrased-and-reduced version of some topics covered in "How To Be A Bawse"), fluff and self-contradiction (one of several examples of such contradiction is the fact that it is stated that the purpose of this book is to go beyond the superficial, but it doesn't actually do so; it introduces profundity, but doesn't explore it).
On the positive side, I love Singh's voice in her writing. It is distinct, humourous, personable, and humble. The illustrations accompanying her text are cute and appropriate. The organization of ideas is well done, and I appreciate the fact that she is going through a personal journey right now and wishes to be as open with it as she can with her audience.
I hope that in the future Singh writes something more developed, something that reaches beyond superficiality and popular belief, where she expresses a deeper vulnerability without hiding behind a wall–or few–of fear (the type of vulnerability I am speaking of is like that which exists in the writing of Selma Blair's memoir "Mean Baby" or Jessica Simpson's "Open Book"). Getting into the nitty-gritty of her life experiences, emotions, feelings, insecurities, traumas, healing process, etc. would be very interesting and most likely helpful for many in and outside of her community, including herself. The complexity of the human condition is what is needed in this writing.
On the positive side, I love Singh's voice in her writing. It is distinct, humourous, personable, and humble. The illustrations accompanying her text are cute and appropriate. The organization of ideas is well done, and I appreciate the fact that she is going through a personal journey right now and wishes to be as open with it as she can with her audience.
I hope that in the future Singh writes something more developed, something that reaches beyond superficiality and popular belief, where she expresses a deeper vulnerability without hiding behind a wall–or few–of fear (the type of vulnerability I am speaking of is like that which exists in the writing of Selma Blair's memoir "Mean Baby" or Jessica Simpson's "Open Book"). Getting into the nitty-gritty of her life experiences, emotions, feelings, insecurities, traumas, healing process, etc. would be very interesting and most likely helpful for many in and outside of her community, including herself. The complexity of the human condition is what is needed in this writing.