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sitelink juoduantbalto. lt Absolutely adored this, I related to it so much which was such a pleasant surprise, Normally I get a little hesitant when I'm reading a memoir of a woman who's a fair bit older
than me.
Mainly because I haven't experienced much in my life up to now, due to being in my early twenties.
But my goodness, everyone can get something from this book, I have a feeling I'll be gifting this to many people for birthdays etc, Everyone has failed at something, Most of us have failed at many things I certainly have!, So it's refreshing to read about other people's lives and what someone else considers a failure.
It's all a matter of perspective, I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review,
How To Fail is a hugely successful podcast in which Elizabeth Day interviews actors, writers and other people from the public eye on their failures and how they have dealt with them.
I have to admit this reviewer has not listened to the podcast but was intrigued by the concept of the book.
I must admit, I have not read a book in such a long time that has left my so conflicted, that has made me question so much but more so the books existence and if I agree with it or not.
The one thing I found so hard to shy away from throughout the book is the term “Failure”.
Elizabeth Day addresses the issue straight away that successful people can be failures, that is the nature of the podcast and perhaps the entire book.
I just found it difficult to escape from the authors privilege and opportunities, Whilst she addresses it, its a cloud that haunts the book throughout, In an early chapter, it focuses on sport Day states that she “wasnt properly bad, Instead, I was mediocre, which was almost worst”, She seems unable to believe she cannot be perfect at everything, But she is on the court, she has the lessons, the expensive trainers to go with it.
Later on when with an instructor, someone tells Day that she goes into a “pit of self loathing”.
This unquestionably surrounds the book and its just hard to sympathise in these early stages, This is a person who went to Cambridge, has made it, she wanted to write and she has just done that.
When things did go wrong, she was able to go to America, this ability to disappear, reform and rebuild from failure isnt relatable at all, and alienated me completely.
In the second half of the novel she does address challenging themes, and it would be inhuman to question any of it, her response to what happens is her journey and is written with incredible conviction, showcasing that she is an excellent writer and bares all to the reader.
Again, her response and ability to recover comes from a privilege to have a pool of friends and ability to have therapy.
If it what she needed, then who am I to say otherwise, it just felt again more alienating.
Day claims this book is for anyone who has failed, therefore making it applicable to anyone.
Whilst she is not wrong, this book wont be able to help everyone, however it has made me ask so many questions of myself, and the context of the book.
So perhaps Day has delivered after all “Ever tried, Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ” Samuel Beckett
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As a huge fan of Elizabeth Days podcast, I was very excited when I heard that she would be publishing a book based on it.
Described as part memoir, part manifesto, How to Fail details Days failures in several areas of her life, but also celebrates that these failures were necessary steps to success, whether that be in her career, personal relationships, self confidence, and knowledge of who she really is.
And lots of those failures will be familiar to us, because failure, lets be honest, is universal.
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There were times reading this book when I laughed out loud, and there were chapters that particularly resonated and inspired me.
I loved it! It made me feel that failure is almost something to aspire to, because without it, how can you really learn who you are
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If you love the podcast Id HIGHLY recommend this out Aprilth, and if you havent listened to the podcast yet, get on it! My favourite interviews have been with Jessie Burton and Sharmaine Lovegrove whose story is just incredible.
At the end of her interview Lovegrove had this to say about the concept of How to Fail which sums it up much better than I ever could.
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“I just think youve done a really incredible job highlighting a very simple concept that we had failed to consider.
And so, its all in there, And in this time of perfection and being your best, I think its really important to highlight and make us feel really uncomfortable and think about what it is that actually makes us who we are from all different sides, including what were not very good at.
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Instagram podsticles I really love Elizabeth Day, shes a fantastic journalist, podcast host and interviewer maybe one of the best interviewers today.
Despite this, I ironically, failed to like this book, Each chapter has a theme of failures and how Day overcame them, for example work, relationships, tests, fitting in, family etc etc.
It sounds like a great premise but I found it very reserved as though she was holding the reader at arms length.
The only chapter that I felt we were really let in to her life was the one on babies.
Unfortunately, I did find her unrelatable due to her background of privilege which I know is not her fault.
For example, the luxury of being able to just quit your job to go freelance because youre unfulfilled or moving to France formonths so you can experience culture.
I read Dolly Aldertons memoir, and while she also comes from a fortunate background, I still could connect with a lot of the themes that she was discussing and I think this is because she was so authentic and raw with how she wrote she really let the reader be a part of her psyche.
I really wanted to love How to Fail but I just couldnt connect with it but it has not taken away from how much I enjoy Days podcast or other work and I do remain a huge fan.
DISCLAIMER IK BEN HALVERWEGE GESTOPT OKEE SORRY MAM JEMIG
Dus, . . dit boek heeft basicallyles en het is al duidelijk vanaf de inleiding: je gaat je hele leven door falen met alles wat je onderneemt, en dat is prima zolang je ervan leert en niet verwacht van jezelf ooit perfect te zijn.
Don't get me wrong: dat is oprecht een goede les! Het probleem is dat Elizabeth Day er vervolgens een hele autobiografie tegenaan gooit waar deze les eigenlijk niet eens heel erg uit voortkomt.
Elk hoofdstuk vertelt ze over een aspect van haar leven, Tuurlijk, ze faalt en vertelt erover, maar de nadruk ligt teveel op alles wat ze in haar leven doet en meemaakt, en niet op alles wat ze denkt en voelt en wat de lange termijn gevolgen zijn en eventuele adviezen voor wat de lezer hier ook uit kan halen.
Dat maakte het gewoon een wat oppervlakkig verhaal, En bovendien heb ik eigenlijk geen idee wie deze vrouw is, dus is een autobiografie ook niet echt waar ik naar zocht.
Dus tenzij je een boek wil lezen van en vrouw die haar eigen leven zo interessant vindt dat ze een autobiografie gaat schrijven maar tegelijkertijd weet dat ze eigenlijk niet bekend en invloedrijk genoeg is om het daadwerkelijk zo naar buiten te brengen omdat dat pittig verwaand overkomt dus het dan maar verkoopt als selfhelp boek wat het dus eigenlijk helemaal niet is, kan ik dit boek niet aanraden.
sterren omdat de les goed was en omdat ik het niet helemaal heb gelezen dus ik geef het nog de benefit of the doubt.
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day has been the mostlistened to podcast on my iPhone in the last six months, and just a quick glance at Twitter makes me realise Im not the only one obsessed with this weekly show.
Elizabeth Day is already an acclaimed novelist and journalist shes one of my favourite writers, and now with How To Fail: Everything Ive Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong, we have her first foray into nonfiction books, a direct result of the successful podcast which has featured everyone from Dolly Alderton to Alastair Campbell, one that “celebrates the things that havent gone right.
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I had high expectations for the book, and Im happy to say that How To Fail lives up to all the hype.
Part memoir, part manifesto, it covers every failure you can imagine How To Fail At Fitting In How To Fail At Families How To Fail At Being Gwyneth Paltrow, and takes us from Elizabeths childhood in Northern Ireland to her twenties and thirties in London, with anecdotes from previous podcast guests and celebrity interviewees sprinkled throughout the pages, too.
Its Elizabeths writing that really makes the book though, writing that is deeply moving at some points, and laughoutloud funny in others.
She deftly takes a look at her own life and draws lessons from her own, sometimes painful, personal experiences in a way that all of us can recognize and identify with.
After all, who among us hasnt experienced failure
In the book as on the podcast, she lifts the shame from failure.
“No experience is wasted,” she writes, “even if you have no idea of what that particular experience is teaching you during the time youre enduring it.
” Theres a reason this book is on so many lists of “books to look out for” in.
Add it to your TBR pile now,
Thanks to NetGalley andth Estate Books for the complimentary digital galley as always, all opinions are entirely my own.
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Split into chapters, such as How to Fail at Fitting In How to Fail at relationships etc, Elizabeth Day in this memoir, inspired by her How to Fail podcasts, shares her own stories and insights into what she has learned from things going wrong, as well as anecdotes from celebrities who have been on her podcast.
I found the first few chapters merely pleasant, and the one on failing a driving test a little selfindulgent.
Elizabeth Day is open about her white, middleclassed privilege, but I thought it was a shame that the narratives from her podcast were from very successful people too.
It's easier to recover from failure, learn and reform a life if you have the wherewithal.
Where are the poor and working class heroes Also, I don't feel that we necessarily learn and grow more resilient from failure, there are so many different lives, for some people failure leads to more failure.
Anyway, it took me a few chapters to warm to this, and warm to it I did.
Maybe it's that despite the everydayness of the failures, they started to resonate with me more But I think it's because it gets more personal.
Elizabeth Day is very honest about past relationships, friendships, miscarriage and infertility, And also how, in retrospect, some of her failures are a gender issue, from fertility 'experts' mostly being men, to history not being kind to angry women.
I loved the warm, downtoearth tone to her writing, her gentle humour and insightful thoughts.
She did get me pondering and left me feeling kinder towards my own failings,
I recommend. .