A review by spcandybars
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There by Tara Schuster

funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

There’s nothing too innovative or new here - keep a journal, exercise, keep a gratitude list -  but it acknowledges that these aren’t items that are new advice. It’s more about taking the advice you’ve always heard and showing you that they work while cheering you on in the most supportive voice. It does suffer from that thing older millennial writers tend to suffer from - that thing where someone you can tell is still pretty young is for some reason talking to you in a “hello fellow kids” sort of way - but it mostly comes up when she’s making a pop culture reference. Otherwise, Tara Schuster has a solid voice and an encouraging spirit. In the height of the “hot sad girl” era we all seem to be going through at once, this is the self help book that acknowledges and embraces her, saying she can get better but the current version of her is valid and lovable. I dig it. 
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