rozarka's reviews
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It's one of those books that are informative and I agree with the overall message (I even put some of the principles described in the book in use in the past), but they are so infuriating to read. I don't need every book to cater to every person (especially self help book), but seriously, couldn't the author at least acknowledge that he was speaking from a place of privilege? Just a hint of self awareness? A little bit? And maybe not show as a good example people like Jeff Bezos who may talk how they value getting enough sleep and then you read articles about working conditions at their companies... Or say shit like "it's better to be understaffed than hire the wrong person quickly". And who is going to do the work of the missing employee, dear author? Who? [insert the goose meme] And are they allowed to say no?

Cute, but somewhat bland and forgettable.

I hate it when medical professionals are condescending and judgemental about their patients. I am also not interested in reading about edge cases just for the shock value. I had to stop at 10% to see other reviewers say (I should have done that first). What a piece of garbage this book is, wow.

While I agree with most of the conclusions the author wrote about, the book itself felt too long (despite being rather short), and very preachy. 

This was almost as good as Nettle & Bone (still my favorite from the author), I love T. Kingfisher's dark fairytales. The only reason why I didn't love it as much was the fact that half of the story is told from the perspective of 14-year-old girl, I much prefer Kingfisher's older characters. Herster and her gang (and Tom!) were absolutely delightful, I loved them so much. I know I'm going to reread the book one day just for them.

I am not a fan of a bi panic trope but I guess it made it more believable for these specific characters. I liked how realistic the story seemed (at least realistic for me who knows absolutely nothing about surviving on tropical islands), and the way the author handled characters' backstories and the aftermath of their rescue. I could do without the third act conflict but at least it got resolved quickly. Also, for a story that gets tagged as age gap, there was next to nothing to explore this side of things. Still, I had fun and stayed up late to finish the book, I wanted to see how they'd resolve their relationship, and I was not disappointed.