Give a F***: A Brief Inventory of Ways In Which You Can

by Felicity Morse

Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

320 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[Alice-Elizabeth (Prolific Reader Alice) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to win a copy of this book via the publishers on Twitter!

Felicity is a life coach and journalist, Give a F**k is her guide on how to live various aspects of your life such as building relationships with family, romantic relationships and body issues. Although I'm still quite young, I did enjoy reading the chapters contained and got some useful advice from it. The formatting was done well, making the various headings easy to read. I liked that Felicity also shared some of her own experiences. It was a good read overall!

[Rowan Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

So a good amount of the advice in this book is, I would say, pretty useful, and some paralleled advice that I was given during a course of CBT - but there are certain sections in it that really rub me the wrong way.

Admittedly I’m probably reading this at the worst possible time – however, the sections pertaining to journalism and politics I felt have been somewhat soured for a post-2020 mindset. For example it is hard to picture any politician in power as doing their best with bad circumstances at this point and I resented being told to give them the benefit of the doubt for my mental well-being. That being said, a good amount of the rest of the book is definitely helpful and I wouldn’t not recommend it, I just feel it has aged somewhat poorly.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much practical wisdom for so many areas of life. A few sections didn’t wow me, namely “Sex” (I dis-liked many of the ways she spoke about it) and “The News” (she is a former journalist, and I felt she was too defensive on the topic). Yet almost every other section was powerful, encouraging, and/or challenging in a good way.

[Molly Roach · Rating 2 out of 5]

Give a F**k: A Brief Inventory of Ways in Which You Can by Felicity Morse

I kind of hate self help books like, on principle, yknow? I was hoping this book would be the exception but alas, it did not make me reevaluate my stance. Don’t get me wrong, there were parts I definitly related to and got stuff out of. For example, while this book is decidedly not an abolitionist/transformative text, there were parts that had me thrown for a loop, thinking: “this is just explaining how to live in a transformative way, how to practice transformative justice as a long term self journey” I (understandably) mostly felt this in the middle part of the book that focused on relationships and community building.
A few of the many negatives that stood out to me were: the section on sex where I read it to be almost excusing sexually predatory behavior and passing it off as the victim/targets fault for choosing to feel that way about out, the section on money where she talks about how being poor helps build character, and the many small tidbits of fatphobia she plaster throughout.
2/5⭐️

[Merel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook. I dislike authors reading their own work when they’re not trained for it. In this case some chapters felt like she was whispering and others she was too animated. It’s it’s own profession.
Audiobook notes aside. I liked some of the coaching exercises in it like the touching of each finger to practice mindfulness by doing I see I hear I feel. And some other easy exercises. But some chapters did nothing for me. It’s a bit too much of trying to be everything and resulting in a basic view of a lot of thing but not a lot of depth to everything.

[Cheshire Cat · Rating 1 out of 5]

Could not feel this book. No matter how many times I picked it up and tried my best to read through it. I’d get through 2 pages miserably and place it down again. I feel like the author drags on certain topics (news, sex, relationships) and to me it felt like I was not learning anything new. Occasionally I’d come across beneficial info but there was not a lot of it. I was only able to get through half of the book before finally giving up. Maybe I just give too many fs lol

[Cristie Underwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book cuts out all of the bullshit and gets right to the point of assisting the reader in their journey of self-discovery. This isn't a fluff piece of self-help, it is honest and filled with great advice.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this has been underrated. It has some really great little nuggets of wisdom in it. I've taken them to heart in my own life and brought them into counseling groups at my job.

[Amie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had alot of good pointers if you're just starting the voyage to self discovery. It is anecdotal and an interesting read.

[Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved at the start but wasn't a massive fan of the ending.

[Mercer Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pithy as get out. Don’t even bother.

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

*giveaway win, does not influence my review*

This was your average self help book. Some advice was solid, some wasn't super great 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Heather Bennett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Give a F@ck is a fantastic self help book that gets right to the point and gets rid of all the crap. Well written and great advice.

[Alesia · Rating 4 out of 5]

First off, the audio version bleeps all the cuss words! That is ridiculous!

Other than that this book was interesting and funny. A great get off your butt motivation strategy book.

[Bibi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the beginning so much, but halfway through it got really boring and I had to force myself to finish it.

[Lael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Densely packed full of tips and insight but with nothing really new.

[JP]

Pathetic
More like an autobiography
First few chapter are okay and other chapter are filler
More about author less about headings
Below average