Read This If: A Collection of Essays that Prove Someone Else Gets it, Too

This is an amazing book. You can turn to any page and feel comforted or beautiful or just understood. I want to buy copies for all of my girlfriends, and we're all in our sixties and seventies -- but we still relate -- we're still kids at heart (and soul). Even if all you want is to smile -- especially if you think the last thing you can do in the world right now is smile -- read the first chapter. Honestly, there is something in here for every girl (and yes, just because I'm old doesn't mean I'm not a girl), and I swear that no matter where you are in your head, heart, and life, you'll be in a better place for reading this book. Every woman should read this. When the sun comes up I'm calling my forty-nine year old daughter and telling her to buy a copy.

Book Review: “Read This If” by a multitude of different authors within @thoughtcatalog. • I’m not sure where I initially discovered this book, but I am so happy that it found it’s way into my amazon cart and then into my heart. This book features 38 different short essays ranging in a variety of topics including: - “Read This If It Feels Like Your Depression Is Getting The Best Of You” - “Read This If You Thought You Would Be Further Along In Life By Now” - “Read This If You’re 25 And Have Nothing To Show For It” - “Read This If You Feel Like You’re Unworthy Of Being Loved” • There were so many parts of this book that I thought to myself, “thank god I’m not the only one and that someone else understands how I’m feeling”. It takes difficult topics and shows that you aren’t the only one struggling, even though it sometimes feels like no one notices. • Here are a few of my favorite quotes: 1. “There are a thousand minute intricacies that make up the tapestry of who you are and not a single one has ceased to exist since the last time that somebody loved you”. 2. “For all the times I’ve wanted to die, I think about kissing new mouths or falling in love with someone and growing old. It would be an honor to gain wrinkles with someone. I want to age alongside someone and watch our bodies change together”. 3. “Relationships with expiration dates teach us that love doesn’t have to last forever to be meaningful. That someone doesn’t have to stick around to make an impact. That the best things in life are not always measured by their longevity but their intensity. Their complexity. By their patience and wisdom and by every way our lives change as a result of them”. • If you want an fast-paced, easy, and inspiring book to read, I highly recommend this for you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Star Rating.

I purchased this a while ago when experiencing a rough patch in my life. This is a book that I purchased in order to read occasionally, whenever I was feeling particularly down and drawn to it. Most of the essays in the collection made me feel much better. A close friend of mine is getting divorced. She finally decided, after years or struggling to improve her marriage. I purchased this book (and another) for her, in hopes that it would help her feel better as it helped me. She's very happy with the essays that she's read so far.

Has a lot of typos, the editing isn’t great. The information/advice in it is fine. But having titles like “read if you’re 23/25” etc make it not relatable for other ages. After you read the first few, they all become kind of the same and have the same advice. Would recommend “101 Essays that will change the way you think” over this book.

Haven't really read it yet. But I've glanced through each section to see what it offers. I think it's a great help for those that needed a little a reminder that they're going to be ok. There's pretty much something relatable to just about anyone and what they may be going through, including a teenager.

So I work at Amazon warehouse. I'm an order picker ( I shop for the customers) I saw this book and I randomly opened up a page and it was so interesting that I thought the whole book would be something I would love to read. Wrong, the book was boring, except the one page I randomly opened when I was at work. Who knows I might go back one day and try to read it.

This book was great. I very much enjoyed every excert. I highly recommend this to everyone looking for themselves. Excellent

This book helped me with feelings of anxiety and lonerism.

Relatable and helps out to control emotions and feelings

Exvellent self help book for an adolescent

Really good quality, fast delivery and a quick read

Love love love this book! It is such a great book to refer to when I am feeling down or depressed. Opens my eyes not only to the fact that I’m not the only one that feels this way but also that there is light on the other side. There are tons of different relatable thoughts and feelings for everyone!

If you're looking to feel understood even for a moment (coming from an INFJ who constantly feels like they don't belong here) these chapters will give you great comfort. Some will make you feel like you want to cry and some will make you smile. I will be treasuring this book for moments of need.