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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Bleep: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

43 reviews

miratrix's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.25

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kvcbrunson's review against another edition

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I think I got what I needed from it. There are some good points but it is really focused on folks with self-esteem or anxiety issues, which I do not have. Also, although sometimes funny, more often he is just crass.
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zoeportillo's review against another edition

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funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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akacasper24's review against another edition

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funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

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1.0

Boring man, nothing impactful, definitely worried about the people who find this useful/teaches them something, get a therapist to teach you better skills faster (also, he fully misunderstood the milgram psychology experiment 🙄) 
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viertelvorvier's review against another edition

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1.0

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alyssa_12's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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damiscous's review against another edition

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inspiring fast-paced

2.5

I came very close to just not finishing this book, but, I bought it, so I felt obligated to finish it. 
Somewhere around 40% through, it just didn't seem to be as interesting. By then, the novelty of cussing in a self-help book wore off, and it was harder to pay attention to the ranting. One thing though: the author does make excellent use of anecdotes, save for the
Romeo and Juliet
one, though the work would also largely benefit from not just saying X and Y happened, but maybe showing some data or citations or anything to add credibility. Some of the jokes are distasteful - I know, dark humor, but it's not even very funny. Dark humor is supposed to funny. Some of the things written felt more like they were added for shock value, and it largely took away from the experience.
I must say, the final chapter did really wrap up nicely. Not because it was almost over, but because the author wrote about the topic in a way that one could tell was highly personal and with depth. Though the final chapter didn't make up for the other 40% that didn't land well with me, it was a somewhat satisfying end to the book.
Overall, I wouldn't reread or recommend this book, personally. Despite the hype and recommendations I received in regards to this book, it didn't live up to it.
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thefenwickghost's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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lochanreads's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

The suble art of not giving a f*ck is a quippy, down-to-earth, self-improvement book about developing strong values that help us determine what's truly important in life and therefore what is worthy of our f*cks. It makes some solid points about embracing mediocrity, and changing how we interpret bad moments in our life, but I felt like it lacked a layer of specificity and made lots of broad, blanket statements about how to solve life's problems. The author presents his arguements as one-size-fits-all solutions, which I found irksome. It was an engaging read but it did have me raising my eyebrows on several occasions.
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