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Everything That Remains: A Memoir By The Minimalists (2013)

by Joshua Fields Millburn(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1938793188 (ISBN13: 9781938793189)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Asymmetrical Press

review 1: This book had some interesting stories and truths about too much "stuff" and the experience of the author in getting rid of it all, but honestly, I felt like it didn't go into as much detail about the purging process as I'd hoped for and way more detail about his pre-minimalism life than I really needed. I feel like I need to explore the website to find the details that were lacking, and maybe that was his goal--to drive more traffic to his website/blog. Because the picture of his minimalistic life is missing a lot for me. But I do feel inspired to clean out some closets.
review 2: Great message, but really quite trying to read. The author has an inspirational story, yet he couches it in such unnecessarily obscure language - an awful combination of old-fashione... mored terms and informal contractions. The notes add nothing, and might have been presented differently (ie not as endnotes necessitating flicking back and forth) to avoid the interruptions, if not edited altogether. That said, I found Nicodemus' unpacking journal one of the most readable passages. As I progressed through the book, I became increasingly horrified at the writing and even embarrassed to have recommended it to a friend, with whom I am planning to go see the pair speak in October this year. If anything, Millburn's conviction in his own writing talent has made me think better of my own.Still, criticisms of the writing aside, it's encouraging to see a growing movement against needless consumption. less

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