paperback, 224 pages
English language
Published April 27, 2018 by Macmillan.
Amazing. I always thought that this book would be superficial and shallow but it has a surprising amount of depth. There were a lot of great observations, and I genuinely feel like this book will help me to lead a better life.
The latest in a series of "self-help" style books I've gotten from the library this year.
This one had by far the "loosest" prose. Probably because the author started as a blogger rather than an academic. But this style helped the "anecdote interspersed with lessons learned" pattern that these books tend to use feel less stale.
I do think the overall lesson of "you are mortal and therefore can only give so many fucks, so choose carefully what to give a fuck about" is probably more necessary now than ever and I'm so glad I read this one.
Definitely a new and revolutionary ideology. Not something I would personally follow but regardless, something I have to admit as brilliant.
Aunque es un libro de autoayuda, pero no cae en los manidos argumentos falaces de los que hacen uso en esos libros. Una lectura interesante si quieres que los pequeños problemas de la vida te interesen un poco menos.
I didn’t actually finish this and have no intention of doing so. As someone who actually reads philosophy and was raised buddhist this was boring and trite.
I'm pretty ambivalent about this book. On one hand it's clear the author has a gift to write in an entertaining way and there are some real life truths in the book. On the other hand the book as a whole doesn't hold together much and the style is blunt, sometimes too blunt.
... um "Überlege Dir, was Dir wirklich wichtig ist" zu sagen. Und ja, der Autor hat eine sehr direkte Art sich auszudrücken; muss man mögen.
This... was a self-help book. The tone is different than your typical self-help book - although not consistently - but realistically it's the same advice you can get from any number of other places. Manson talks about how he's not like other self-help gurus regularly while providing basically the same advice for basically the same outcomes.
He does acknowledge this early in the book, but he still does it, so I'm not sure it's exactly excusable.
I think if he'd leaned harder into his idgaf presentation it actually might have been a better book. Grating, for sure, but the way he sort of gets flippant at times and super serious at others makes it hard to accept his advice as genuine. He claims one thing and then writes about the opposite.
The audiobook was well narrated, actually close enough to Manson's tone and mannerisms (from what bits I've seen of …
Manson doesn't give us a proper framework for non-fuck-giving living. His platitudes often come out as trite. But there are some passages and touchpoints in this book where the ideas are sharp and will get you thinking about how they apply to your own situation. And the ones that appeal to me likely will be different from the ones that appeal to you.
So I'd say this is worth a read to see if anything in it can help you better understand your own situation and approach to living.
Felt a little like sitting on the psychologist’s couch, except that instead of being asked questions, I was being preached to. Quite refreshing, albeit unorthodox.
I like some of the things he says about improving mental health by not judging by others and not always having to be the best and appreciating what you have. But I can't help feeling that "Not Giving a Fuck" is a very privileged position to be in. Those who are disadvantaged by circumstance or discrimination may not have the luxury of this position.
Not giving more fucks than to say this: What a waste of money. It feels like it wants to be one of those terrible mindfulness-books, but written by someone who despite his claims of having grown remains a misogynistic teenager at heart.
It's a quick an easy read, but if you have minimal self-knowledge this won't give you much enlightenment. Like many self-help books this book could have easily been summarised in 20 pages (already by just deleting all the 'fucks'). My advise: don't give a fuck about this book (except for some nice catchphrases which you can find in the many Instagram posts) and go read some Stoics such as Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus instead.
Wouldn't recommend, though I don't regret reading it.
What a beautifully written book. You could open it at any page, randomly choose a sentence and it would make for a wonderful quote. Once you started reading, it's hard to stop.
The book is full of great (life-) advice with fitting examples from the author's own experiences.
