A review by jbourque85
What If This Were Enough?: Essays by Heather Havrilesky
3.0
"What If This Were Enough? Essays" by Heather Havrilesky
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
"From the day we are born, the world tells us lies about who we are, how we should live, and what we should sacrifice to cross some imaginary finish line to success and happiness. More powerful than the outright lies we’re told, though, are the subtler, broader poisons of our culture, how we ingest and metabolize them until they feel like a part of us, yet we still can’t figure out why we’re sick."
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
3.5 stars I think. I wanted to like this book more than I did. I wanted to love it so much. But honestly there was so much product placement-like talk about other books, tv shows and movies that I haven't read or seen that some times what she was trying to convey didn't come across well. I liked most of the essays and found some of them entertaining, I just wish there weren't so many references that I can't relate to. However there were A LOT of real world statements she made that hit me hard. There was a lot of good in this book.. I looked at my kindle notes and I highlighted 25 separate things which is way above average for me.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
"From the day we are born, the world tells us lies about who we are, how we should live, and what we should sacrifice to cross some imaginary finish line to success and happiness. More powerful than the outright lies we’re told, though, are the subtler, broader poisons of our culture, how we ingest and metabolize them until they feel like a part of us, yet we still can’t figure out why we’re sick."
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
3.5 stars I think. I wanted to like this book more than I did. I wanted to love it so much. But honestly there was so much product placement-like talk about other books, tv shows and movies that I haven't read or seen that some times what she was trying to convey didn't come across well. I liked most of the essays and found some of them entertaining, I just wish there weren't so many references that I can't relate to. However there were A LOT of real world statements she made that hit me hard. There was a lot of good in this book.. I looked at my kindle notes and I highlighted 25 separate things which is way above average for me.