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Magic Cleaning (2011)

by Marie Kondō(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Rowohlt

review 1: Utterly unexpected, and unexpectedly charming. A Zen approach to decluttering your house revolving around a simple concept: "Does this spark joy?" If not, get rid of it; if so, keep it. Kondo's mind is unusual to say the least; she embraces (without naming it) Japanese animism, and doesn't come off as philosophical (in terms of erudition; her research is from experience and observation) but it's deeply and surprisingly philosophical. A short and delightful book, and beautifully designed.
review 2: I'm of two minds about this book. I think that much of the portion about sorting and discarding items is very good, if repetitive. I think that the storage ideas are less helpful. Maybe it's an issue with translating the ideas from smaller Japanese homes to larger Ame... morerican homes, but it seemed like much of her method wasn't quite practical in a 3000-square-foot three-story four square. For a single person in an apartment, it would probably be great. That said, I still found it inspiring and will likely use her advice about deciding what to keep. less

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