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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki

johanni's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Inspiring and a joy to read. It provides another but much needed view into the world of minimalism. Highly recommend reading it after Marie Kondo

mjaborn's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.5

ledimirnunez's review against another edition

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3.0

Useful. No need to read the entire thing, you can pick it up at any chapter/section that is relevant to where you are on your minimalist journey. Still, a very valuable read. Read on e-book.

nicolekusmirek's review against another edition

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2.0

There were a few great nuggets to take from this book, especially in the first part. I didn’t really like the organization and didn’t feel like it was super cohesive.

nayomi_reads's review against another edition

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informative inspiring

5.0

darlingdel's review against another edition

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informative relaxing slow-paced

2.5

tombennett72's review against another edition

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4.0

Very positive and very useful

andotherworlds's review against another edition

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3.0

3 // Well hello there. I think this books succeeded in promoting the ideals of minimalism through transferring a more philosophical approach to the matter, however it wasn't really a guide on how to achieve it. Perhaps it never was marketed as a "how to" guide and I am just a dingus (very likely), but I think if you are wanting read this out of a desire to understand the realistic process of becoming minimalist, this will not be helpful to you. This is something one should read if they are just thinking about minimalism and whether they should even try it out or not. It is more so a book of the theoretics rather than practicality.

Keeping all that in mind, I would overall say that this book is somewhat worth reading. It's short, and although sometimes repetitive (especially with its constant references to Steve Jobs lol), it is an interesting introduction to minimalism.

lexythebookworm_'s review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 ⭐️

jessawilson's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Straight to the point which was great! Very helpful.