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A review by jonapelson
How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life by Heather Havrilesky
3.0
Leaning 2.5 stars and a DNF at 25%
Both of those things might not be the book's fault. I can no longer remember how this ended up on my to read list and I did not know it was a collection of "ask Polly" letters. Whoops! Regardless, I found the letter writers' problems tedious (I know advice columns are a wee bit frivolous but this was one first world problem after the other) and the advice became redundant when the letters followed each other. Love troubles? Make sure you remember you're great! Family drama at your wedding? Tell yourself you're great and no one can steal your day. Adrift in your career? You are your best asset! And on and on.
Both of those things might not be the book's fault. I can no longer remember how this ended up on my to read list and I did not know it was a collection of "ask Polly" letters. Whoops! Regardless, I found the letter writers' problems tedious (I know advice columns are a wee bit frivolous but this was one first world problem after the other) and the advice became redundant when the letters followed each other. Love troubles? Make sure you remember you're great! Family drama at your wedding? Tell yourself you're great and no one can steal your day. Adrift in your career? You are your best asset! And on and on.