A review by aziz_reads
Love Me, Don't Leave Me: Overcoming Fear of Abandonment & Building Lasting, Loving Relationships, by Michelle Skeen
3.0
I received an e-arc of this book through netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The first impression of this book wasn't good. I felt patronized, as if the author didn't think I was competent enough to grasp a concept the first time around. And in the first few chapters particularly, I learned that there is such a thing as too many commas. If you're going to have that many lists of things just break out the bullet points.
Also, I didn't have any of the tragic, broken childhoods the author thought I MUST have as cause for my emotional sensitivity. I'm just bipolar. It makes its own rules, despite the tremendous amount of love and support I receive and have received from my family over the years.
But you guys know how I feel about workbooks. I. LOVE. WORKBOOKS. I find them neat and orderly and nostalgic of my teen years when everything was simpler. The fictitious anecdotes didn't really hit any chords with me, but did make for a somewhat entertaining read.
Also, despite all that, there were some decent ideas and exercises in this book. There's nothing in here you couldn't find for free online, but if you're more inclined towards physical copies of worksheets that someone else has gone out and found for you, go on and get this book.
The first impression of this book wasn't good. I felt patronized, as if the author didn't think I was competent enough to grasp a concept the first time around. And in the first few chapters particularly, I learned that there is such a thing as too many commas. If you're going to have that many lists of things just break out the bullet points.
Also, I didn't have any of the tragic, broken childhoods the author thought I MUST have as cause for my emotional sensitivity. I'm just bipolar. It makes its own rules, despite the tremendous amount of love and support I receive and have received from my family over the years.
But you guys know how I feel about workbooks. I. LOVE. WORKBOOKS. I find them neat and orderly and nostalgic of my teen years when everything was simpler. The fictitious anecdotes didn't really hit any chords with me, but did make for a somewhat entertaining read.
Also, despite all that, there were some decent ideas and exercises in this book. There's nothing in here you couldn't find for free online, but if you're more inclined towards physical copies of worksheets that someone else has gone out and found for you, go on and get this book.