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Borja Vilaseca: The Little Prince Puts on His Tie (2015, Borja Vilaseca) 2 stars

Never take book recommendations from an HR manager.

1 star

Here's a lot of what I gained from it:

  1. This book spends a lot of time victim-blaming people who are suffering from genuine abuse;

  2. This book gaslights people who are struggling with similar situations, and it encourages gaslighting them in favour of sympathising with their abuser;

  3. It definitely stigmatises depression (and other mental illnesses, but definitely depression);

  4. It perpetuates a ridiculous notion that privileged Europeans need to 'take time off' to vacation in an under-developed country in order to 'find themselves' so that they're less abusive;

  5. It excuses inexcusable behaviours by powerful people as things that their victims should sympathise with, even though there are people who have been in far worse scenarios than infertility.