Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick takes post to catch up–emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness.
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Manson's warmed-over Stoicism didn't work nearly as well for me as it did in his first book. The writing was almost as good—but not as clever, I just think it's not as well written. The topics interested me, but I found myself questioning his basic premises in almost every instance.

Ultimately, his hope is founded on a total lack of foundation—he finds it freeing, I find it unstable and doomed to failure. It's hard getting my point across short of a 20-30 page paper examining the book, and I just don't care enough to undertake it.

I actually enjoyed a lot of it, but I also found myself annoyed and/or mildly angry with this one for significant portions of the time.