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Thirty Something & Over It (2008)

by Kasey Edwards(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1741668425 (ISBN13: 9781741668421)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House Australia

review 1: I was going to give this 2 stars because it royally annoyed me in the beginning. But once I accepted it for what it is (a retelling of the author's own experience 'peppered' with advice from self-help books) I enjoyed it. The references to self-help books in really short paragraphs is a bit annoying. I didn't feel like they added anything and was just to show that the author read other literature on this topic. Not sure it was necessary. Much more interesting was when she talked to people she met and let them tell their experiences. I thought this made the book a bit more well rounded and contrasted well with Edwards' own experience.Edwards writes from a privileged position and she acknowledges this herself. But I still sometimes couldn't help being annoyed at her naïvet�... more� and spoilt behaviour. On the other hand this leads to her going through a learning curve. This was actually the point the book became interesting to me, when Edwards started to change, through her opinions and behaviours and when this led to change in how others behaved towards her. Overall a good book, good to get somebody else's perspective on what is next after you left uni, worked for a few years and are over it.
review 2: Reading "30 something and over it" was like striking up a conversation with a stranger at your favorite cafe where you realize you have "so-much-in-common-about-what's-not-going-right-with-life-despite-your-different-contexts" then you finish your coffee, pay your bill and go home thinking "Hmmmm!"I liked that I could relate to her "thrisis" issues - those "Aha!" moments that made me review the things I thought I valued and reinforced the fundamentals. I especially liked the Vipassana experience, get in touch with yourself first so as to touch others!The book drove me to reacquaint myself with old friends over a metaphorical cuppa -Humility, forgiveness, patience, fortitude, silence/meditation/prayer ... My essentials for connecting with my purpose! less

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