Reviews

The Atlas of Happiness: The Global Secrets of How to Be Happy by Helen Russell

mekz_reader's review against another edition

3.0

Мила книжечка про життєві сили та підходи до питання "щастя" у різних куточках світу. Тут і сирійський "тараб" і грецький "меракі, взяти б усі ці поради і почати використовувати, жити щасливо.

annebennett1957's review

3.0

The premise is cute and I enjoyed reading about different ways that people in various countries find happiness or contentment or meaning. But...I'm not sure that the words Russell selected are universally assigned within a country and many seemed to be a push.

My TANKA review of this and other books: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2021/06/tanka-poetry-book-reviews.html

officialgrittynhl's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

i didn't enjoy the writing style much and would have preferred fewer european countries and more countries from other parts of the world

nichaj's review

informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

libraryelf's review

inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

melissa6381's review against another edition

3.0

Couple concepts were cool but also super focused on Scandinavian culture

dangerpronedaphne's review

informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

maxandrambo's review

informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

sonjaharrison's review against another edition

5.0

Interesting and inspiring!

capricioustrout's review against another edition

2.0

I don't think I liked it. There are some nuggets of bliss and good advice in here but it's all very surface level. And the author's #relatable humorous interjections made me both roll my eyes and threw me off the flow of the book. Meh.