Review: a ridiculous book!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
This book is full of idiocy. I've pulled out several of my "favorite" passages as examples of this.Consider the following quote as indicative of the whole book: "minimalism requires a person to constantly check his or her possessions and find out if there are things that need to be thrown out. This makes minimalists one of the most patient people in this planet." (loc 301). Aside from the multiple grammatical errors, the entire idea is ridiculous. Minimalists are not required to constantly check their belongings, nor would doing so necessarily develop patience in a person.Another gem: "Minimalists rarely feel negative emotions unlike people who follow mainstream society." (loc 305).  And then several paragraphs later, the author claims that "most minimalists end up having a very long to-do list so they end up feeling panicky as well as anxious..." (loc 318).  Again, aside from the clearly contradictory nature of these two statements, both ideas are ridiculous.My personal favorite, though, actually made me laugh out loud: "Have you ever experience being jittery after someone handed you a lot of money? This is what most people battle out every day." (loc 627). Yes indeed, I do feel jittery on a daily basis as a result of people handing me lots of money. It's such a tough burden to bear!Overall, save your time. This book is full of poor grammar and is badly edited. It is full of ridiculous, contradictory, and unsupported ideas. And it altogether fails to make me see the joy of minimalism.