No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear

2021 • 225 pages

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Average rating3.8

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Realistically a 3.5 // Okay, this book was so sad. I have a soft spot for memoirs, especially tragic ones with no actual resolution. This fits the bill. I cried quite a bit, and I loved the idea of capitalism taking hold of self-help and rewriting self-improvement as a never-ending goal that you need to do X and buy Y in order to (never actually, because there's always something else) reach. The unattainable goal of improvement can be encouraging in the right context, but it can also be unhealthy.

Would rec. Good, quick read.

November 14, 2022