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A review by maddness22
The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness by Wendy Syfret
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
A relatively quick read that offers a very digestible perspective of nihilism through an optimistic lens. From a personal perspective, I've found I've started enjoying life much more when I stopped chasing a "greater purpose" or larger meaning in my life and adopted the sunny nihilistic lifestyle of just living in the moment and with the resources the universe grants you rather than what you expect as proposed in this book. It focuses a ton on the COVID-19 pandemic, which already ages it a tad while reading it in 2025, but it's interesting to analyze the shift of what was meaningful to us before and after the pandemic.