Rate: 7/10
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Genre: Non Fiction/Self Growth
Published: March 2016
Acquired from: Harper Collins Australia
*I received this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are entirely my own*
There were so many things I loved in this book and so many things I didn't. Melissa kind of doesn't bother too much with politically correct or red tape. She says it how it is. She admits that sometimes she chucks tantys or picks fights with her husband. She is really honest and real, and I liked that! The whole gist of this book is to explore the role our "mean girl" plays in our life. In Melissa's words, our mean girl is "the sneaky voice inside our head telling you that you're not good enough, smart enough, skinny enough, whatever enough". I guess that voice is definitely something we can all relate to. Throughout the book Melissa shares her struggles with her own mean girl and recounts the life she was living, or more like the life she wasn't living. She tells how she conquered and still does conquer her mean girl's voice and how you too can live free from the voice's dictation. The book itself is very, very pretty and there are colours, quotes and pictures throughout which certainly make it aesthetically pleasing. There were also heaps of pictures of her laughing too. Like take what you think is a lot and times it by ten, say. This irked me a bit, and I often felt she was a bit preachy, like she had found the light because she had beaten "rock bottom" as she continuously said over and over again. Now don't get me wrong in thinking I didn't like the book, because I did, and I learnt a fair bit. But my reviews are just that, my reviews. They're a way for me to express how a book made me felt, and I'm not really comfortable silencing my writing voice. When I write, I do so without a filter. I let it flow, and I love it. Anyway, back to the book. What I learnt most was not to silence my mean girl, actually sorry I am going to get off topic again, because I really hate the term mean girl. I'm not mean, and that voice in my head that tells me I'm not good enough isn't snarky or mean on purpose. She is afraid and instead of beating her up and giving her an unkind title, I be gentle with her and shower her with love and kind words. I tell her that its all going to be okay, and that its okay to be scared, but not to worry because I've got this babe. So yeah, what I learned most was to let the little voice inside me who wants to be brave have little more volume and to trust her more. And thats that. Time to go to work, in a bookstore where I'll tell people about this book and sell it too. Success all round I'd say. :)
Rate: 7/10 Pages: 288 Format: Paperback Genre: Non Fiction/Self Growth Published: March 2016 Acquired from: Harper Collins Australia *I received this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are entirely my own*
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