Prompt – A book about, or involving, social media.
Medium – Book
About the book – Alex Reinwarth discovered, quite by accident, that her friend was taking advantage of her and making her life a misery. At the end of her tether, she told this friend to f*** off, and made her life a whole lot better by doing it. This book sells itself as a self-help book, but one very much different to self help books written by the likes of Gywneth Paltrow. Reinwarth’s idea is that if we can get rid of the social guilt of saying ‘yes’ to everything, we can become happier, more rounded human beings.
My rating – 6/10. First things first, I am not a self-help book lover. I think I enjoyed this book more than other self-help books though because of the humour that the author writes with. The book is translated from the German, but someone has done a great job at translating some of the cultural references as well to make them more UK-based.
I liked the author’s way of writing and her explanation at the beginning of the book – that being a d*ck in her definition isn’t about being horrid to everyone, but instead recognising when you are being taken advantage of and when you feel that you ‘have’ to do things you don’t really want to do. When this is addressed, it frees you up to be a more effective friend, partner and self. I am very lucky in having a lovely partner, family and friends, but I feel that some of the other areas of my life covered in the book could do with me becoming more of a d*ck and less of a walk over.
Would I read it again? Probably not, but I have photographed some of the bits I feel most fitted me for future reference!
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