The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

2016 • 304 pages

Ratings783

Average rating3.6

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Let me be kind and preface my review by saying I don't think I'm the intended audience for this book. Maybe if I'd read it in my early twenties it might have had more of an impact but even in my early twenties I hated smug, self-congratulatory, middle-aged men, who thought that saying ‘fuck' all the time made them edgy, and liking Metallica made them cool. Very basic, very heteronormative, very white advice, with a side of giant trigger warnings for sexual abuse and suicide. Two stars - one for the mention of Alan Watts, and the other for being mercifully short.

January 18, 2022