I can't get over her talking about the book. "It's not too harsh, it's a boring book".. ehm. Okay, that's your opinion, great, and fine to say you think so. But to act like your opinion about a subjective art form is gospel is so conceited it's unbelievable. And to say that people who liked this should just wait for her recommendations.. I mean..
I love JP books, and I enjoyed Atomic Habits etc, and I'd never put anyone down for reading them, but they're more the type of books I pick if I want an easy read I don't need to think much about, and I think that's pretty much the only type of book she enjoys.
She highlights sections of books she *thinks* applies to herself because she can't actually read between the lines or understand context very well half the time, and most of those books are very heavy handed - on purpose, because the point is to help any person who picks them up to understand topics they might have felt were quite complex/difficult to implement (like atomic habit does). Not to say there's anything wrong with them, but they're hardly subtle or require the audience to think much - they're books where it's just "read this and do exactly as it says!". Even the books she reads I think are excellent she highlights the worst parts of because she just doesn't see the better bits - she probably doesn't really read them properly, anyway.
Books are amazing and I love reading so much so to put a whole bunch of people down when you're hardly Shakespeare yourself is just ridiculous. I mean, I'm an avid fan of the worst, crappiest, cheesiest romantic films I can find and will happily choose one over an oscar-winning drama, cause that's my jam. But I'm not pretending to be an expert film critic, so.
She reads books that spell it out for her so she doesn't have to think for herself, perhaps because she's incapable of that (not like she likes to go around just copying what other people do or anything- oh..). And I'm all for people enjoying easy read books, and not everyone wants to read a book they have to really think about or decipher (same as the point above about fast and furious v subtitled films!).
The thing I love so much about reading is there's a book out there for everyone, no matter what you're into. Something Siobhan doesn't seem to grasp, because all of life's a competition, and she can't see that she's so far off the race track she's in the bloody ocean anyway.
I can’t understand this fad all those “woke” instapukes have of reading 10pages a day of 20 books daily. It’s ridiculous. How do they keep track of what’s going on in the book then?? Also people have read for years, why are they making it seem like it’s this new thing in lifestyle and wellness!!
