Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Book Review: Super You: Release Your Inner Superhero


Book: Super You: Release Your Inner Superhero by Emily V. Gordon

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication Date: Available now


Rating: 3 stars

Review:

The author Emily Gordon is a former therapist who devised a way to get readers on there way to a better them a.k.a. a Super You. I don't read a lot of self-help books but compared to the ones that I have read this wasn't bad. Similar to traditional self-help books the author is seeking to help the reader but the author took an interesting approach by using the concept of superheroes as a way to reinforce her methods and advice. The superhero angle was interesting although there isn't as much superhero stuff as I thought would have been in the book especially in regards to how the description was written.

I think there is a lot of helpful advice in this book and it was nice to get a refresher on how best to deal with problems, how to understand what you're feeling and understanding others feeling, how best to express yourself and more. This book would really benefit anyone but more so for someone who has very low self-esteem or maybe need some help in figuring out their lives.

The author makes a point of stating that improving oneself isn't something that's going to happen quickly or over night, it takes time. Something I found really interesting about this book was that the author not only wrote about the good things about her life but also the bad and insecure parts of it. She allowed the reader to see that her life was a bit of mess at times too and how she eventually went about fixing it. Because as the saying goes "Nobody's Perfect."

As far as self-help books this wasn't a bad read, it certainly wasn't boring but the author does ramble on at times. The book does sort of kick start your inner-cheerleader or in this book's case inner-superhero and start seeing if there are areas in your life that maybe need looking at.

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