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A review by racham1123
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
inspiring
reflective
4.0
Drawn to its colorful cover, I remember seeing lots of marketing for this when it came out, but never knowing exactly what it was I refrained from buying. Fast forward 4 years and a co-worker was astonished I had never read it and passed it into my hands. Ironically, until I was actually holding the book I didn't even realize the colorful forgotten book from before and the co-worker book were one and the same.😅
And, now here we are. Nonfiction & memoirs can be super tricky for me. Especially when the author is known for something outside of their writing. However, in this case I hadn't even heard of Glennon Doyle until this book. Her being a motivational speaker wasn't something I went into the book with, but something I learned along the way.
Several bad reviewers comment on it being an elite womens memoir. But, for me, I found far less chapters where I questioned the "how bad something actually was" and found more chapters that were insightful. I didn't agree with everything Glennon wrote but I was able to follow along through the parts that I was less sure of all the same. There were several chapters/sections that resonated with me (and had this not been a borrowed copy, I would have underlined and marked the book). The book is a collection of thoughts/short essays on deconstructing the system in society that makes women smaller. Instead of making ourselves small to fit into a space, it's about collect ourselves and being bigger than the cage they're trying to put us in.
It's not fully preachy. And, it's not yelling self help at you either. The book intertwines stories of her family, her ex husband, and her now wife. It's about a woman who discovered her true self late in life and how she's used her past experiences and her now to shape the life she happily lives now. It's a reminder that all woman, are goddamn cheetahs.
And, now here we are. Nonfiction & memoirs can be super tricky for me. Especially when the author is known for something outside of their writing. However, in this case I hadn't even heard of Glennon Doyle until this book. Her being a motivational speaker wasn't something I went into the book with, but something I learned along the way.
Several bad reviewers comment on it being an elite womens memoir. But, for me, I found far less chapters where I questioned the "how bad something actually was" and found more chapters that were insightful. I didn't agree with everything Glennon wrote but I was able to follow along through the parts that I was less sure of all the same. There were several chapters/sections that resonated with me (and had this not been a borrowed copy, I would have underlined and marked the book). The book is a collection of thoughts/short essays on deconstructing the system in society that makes women smaller. Instead of making ourselves small to fit into a space, it's about collect ourselves and being bigger than the cage they're trying to put us in.
It's not fully preachy. And, it's not yelling self help at you either. The book intertwines stories of her family, her ex husband, and her now wife. It's about a woman who discovered her true self late in life and how she's used her past experiences and her now to shape the life she happily lives now. It's a reminder that all woman, are goddamn cheetahs.