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julieannie t1_jc83url wrote

Most people only read the pop bestseller ones designed to appeal to the masses and then are furious they didn’t help them. I’ve found that very specific issues can be addressed by highly experienced authors and those are good. Examples on my end include doctors writing about brain fog and coping techniques, PTSD and trauma and anxiety coping (as recommended by my therapist), and books about situations where normal childhoods were discussed and how to not continue the pattern of dysfunction. I’ve read some, like Big Magic, that are more of a call to action and I tend to find those inoffensive as well. The absolute worst of the genre are ones that prey on people but next worst might be trying to read rich business bro’s musings and to learn something when really the secret is to be born privileged.

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