The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Well…that’s time I’ll never get back. The title is funny. There…I said something nice.
The description is laughable. “Generation-defining self-help guide”? “superstar blogger”? …I have never heard of this guy (mini-bio says he writes “personal development advice that doesn’t suck”…which tells any discerning adult a lot…) but if he’s defining a generation, we’re in a world of hurt. And if this is meant to offer help, self or otherwise, it’s worse than I can imagine.
I gather he thinks he knows something. No. I get the impression that he thinks he’s funny. Also no. But…he is highly repetitive and he is vulgar and churlish (don’t tell me that I missed the point of the title…I didn’t…he’s just not that good and has virtually nothing of value to offer to anyone with a brain.) This noxious mess oozes with self-indulgent frat-boy immaturity. I get the odd feeling that if the grabber actually could read he’d endorse this. No thinking adult needs to read this. Don’t waste your time. One star bonus for the title from what it really deserves.
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