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What Members Thought
May 06, 2011
Gaijinmama
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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This book got mixed reviews, but I liked it.
It was realistic, very readable, and not exploitative of developing cultures like some of these other "Go find yourself " stunt books (cough cough Eat,Pray cough cough). Rubin is up-front about the fact that she comes from a white, upper-middle class, happily-married, securely employed New York lifestyle that makes it seem a bit narcissistic for her to go out searching for yet more happiness when she has so many advantages compared to so many other peo ...more
It was realistic, very readable, and not exploitative of developing cultures like some of these other "Go find yourself " stunt books (cough cough Eat,Pray cough cough). Rubin is up-front about the fact that she comes from a white, upper-middle class, happily-married, securely employed New York lifestyle that makes it seem a bit narcissistic for her to go out searching for yet more happiness when she has so many advantages compared to so many other peo ...more
Overall I thought it was a pretty good book with some interesting things to think about.
There was some great information in in here. However, I felt the book was long winded. I got bored at times. It was a bit repetitive. If she used the phrase "Be Gretchen" one more time, I would have lost it. She didn't seem to be a very fun person to be around. She was always whining, nagging or snapping. She admits that she doesn't laugh much, which makes me wonder why she is giving happiness advice. She doesn't seem to like many things. She seemed like a wet blanket to me.
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Kathy Jo
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Sep 09, 2015
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Jan 23, 2017
Zoe
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Sep 22, 2018
Deepa
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Jun 17, 2019
Mirliz
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Mar 22, 2020
Alison Harvey
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