Book Review: The Undiscovered Goddess

Book: The Undiscovered Goddess by Michelle Colston

Source: Borrowed from NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Rating: 1 star

Review:

Why do I keep running into these boring awful books? I thought this was going to be a fun and light-hearted inspirational read where the main character Holly wanted to make changes in her life after taking a quiz that said she was shallow. However, this turned into nothing more than the main character complaining about her life as she journals her way through the exercises in the book. And boy did she complain, from everything to her kids to the weather. She didn't enjoy anything. This reminded me so much of Gulliver's Travels where all he did was complain about everything.

I found Holly's self-centered, egotistical, condescending and haughty writing truly unappealing. She acts like she was better than everyone when she's the one whose in need of a life make-over. The only reason why I think she hasn't made any changes to her life prior to the journaling is because she's lazy. She doesn't really want to make the effort so she didn't do anything.

That quiz she took was so right, Holly really is shallow and she's also a jerk.

This book is one part self-help and the other part chick-lit but without an interesting character or story. The best parts of the book is the self-help lessons that precede Holly's journaling.

I thought she was a total hypocrite when she didn't feel like staying at lunch with her friends because she said (to herself) that all they do is complain. Really, she's the biggest complainer around but she's the one who got tired of the complaining. And even when she was making improvement in her life she was still complaining and being a jerk.

This book was a total waste of time and all it did was make me feel like complaining. What a total disappointment this was.