Review: Would have been a fine magazine article, but not a book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2012
This would have been a great magazine article, with lots of tips that are general and common sense, but a book it does not make. The author hints at deep issues in the first three chapters, like the biological predisposition to hoard material items to ensure survival and the beginnings of very insightful categories of hoarders. Sadly, she brushes aside these issues as if overcoming them is only a matter of acknowledging them and then proceeded to give the reader a contrite list of garbage information. Buy 2-in-1 shampoo? Is this really a solution to the deep rooted psychological fears about loss and survival highlighted in the initial chapters? I can't decide if the author chickened out and didn't have the guts to write the book she really wanted to or if she googled hoarding and inserted "psychobabble" she had no real knowledge of.This is why I say it would be a great feature article in a magazine. It touches on the general topic but doesn't offer any real solutions to the emotional component that underlies the problem. If getting organized is your problem, this book will be fine. If you actually have problems letting "things" go, this book offers nothing in the way of insight or advice.