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The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t: Cut the Crap and Live Your Life by Fabrice Midal
2.5
2.5 stars
I'm not sure what exactly is FRENCH about this book, other than the author. Nothing he writes about or suggests that the reader should or should not do is particularly French. Furthermore, although the first chapter is entitled "Stop Meditating" Midal actually talks about meditation A LOT, like in practically every chapter. And fine, he doesn't mean "stop meditating" like don't meditate at all but rather don't feel that you have to do meditation according to certain rules or practices or whatever but he then goes on to seemingly suggest that meditation can be something of a cure-all, able to deal with any problem whatsoever. That probably shouldn't be too surprising since it even says on the cover how he is the Founder of the Western School of Meditation but given that the first chapter says "Stop Meditating" I was quite surprised with how much this book talked about meditation. Overall, didn't really care for this book; I preferred the similarly titled [b:The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life|28257707|The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life|Mark Manson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1465761302s/28257707.jpg|48297245].
I'm not sure what exactly is FRENCH about this book, other than the author. Nothing he writes about or suggests that the reader should or should not do is particularly French. Furthermore, although the first chapter is entitled "Stop Meditating" Midal actually talks about meditation A LOT, like in practically every chapter. And fine, he doesn't mean "stop meditating" like don't meditate at all but rather don't feel that you have to do meditation according to certain rules or practices or whatever but he then goes on to seemingly suggest that meditation can be something of a cure-all, able to deal with any problem whatsoever. That probably shouldn't be too surprising since it even says on the cover how he is the Founder of the Western School of Meditation but given that the first chapter says "Stop Meditating" I was quite surprised with how much this book talked about meditation. Overall, didn't really care for this book; I preferred the similarly titled [b:The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life|28257707|The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life|Mark Manson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1465761302s/28257707.jpg|48297245].