Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope Paperback – Large Print, May 14, 2019

Not only is this book immensely readable and funIt does that while covering existentially terrifying concepts like "Life is pain" and "Nothing matters"and while covering free will and the selfand while covering some of the most fundamental philosophical ideas from Plato to Kant to Nietzscheand while covering the source of all religions, ideologies, and personal relationshipsand while covering the terror of global self-destruction via nuclear war etc. and the unfathomable power of Artificial Intelligence which will rule over us as godsand while covering the effect of the internet given all of these thingsand while covering how you could respond in the face of all this.In the acknowledgements he implies that with this book he bit off more than he could chew... and then chewed it.I'll be chewing this book for years to come.

I loved this author's first book, "Models" and recommend it so highly, I think that every man should read "Models," and to a certain extent, I would recommend it for all women as well, though it would apply to them less.His second book "The subtle art of not giving a F$%#" was a huge drop off in quality. I read his second book a few years ago and there are two things I remember about it. First, I felt kind of tricked into getting the book because it had a "catchy" title. Second, I remember that he frequently contradicted his own statements so the book had no cohesive message.I don't usually write reviews, but I felt compelled to write this one because I feel like I was tricked again.The book (again) has a catchy title that really isn't necessary. The book (again) frequently contradicts itself so I did not take away a cohesive message. The worst part of this book was that it became very clear to me that this is just a random guy writing his own thoughts. He is not an expert.That might be why I enjoyed the first book so well. The first book he was writing about something that he was an expert in, something he had a lot of experience with and something he wrote authentically.

What mark has done with this book is incredible. What Mark gives you by reading this book is clarity. Clarity of who we are as humans and reasons behind our tendencies to mess things up due to our emotions, prejudices, biases, cultures, religions, myths and ultimately by having hope. He explains why hope is the reason we decide to live on and create meanings in our lives but at the same time, hope also causes ultimate destructions in the world. And he suggests that ironically by eliminating hope, that action gives us the insight to see the world as they are.Reading this book is like examining interesting lego pieces that are relevant to everyone and curiously watching Mark put each piece on top of one another. Then by the time each chapter is finished, you are like "wow, now I can see what he was building and it's clear and beautiful."Pessimists only think about the past which will lead you to depression. Optimists will hallucinate, but we all must strive to be realists: seeing the world as they truly are. This book will help you tremendously towards comprehending ourselves interacting in this complex world we live in and will ultimately help you become a better human. I will read and re-read, buy this book as a gift to others and will pass on your messages to everyone I know. I can't highly recommend enough of this book. Thank you Mark for creating this important book.

If you liked Subtle Art, you'll enjoy this too. I couldn't put it down, actually, reading it in under a day.Mark has a talent for taking potentially boring subject matter, such as the teachings of philosophers, and bringing it to life in easy-to-understand language (with plenty of expletives).I especially liked his Consciousness Car metaphor in explaining the Thinking Brain vs Feeling Brain (would love to see an animated cartoon version), and thoughts on antifragility and how we benefit by choosing to accept (and even seek out) discomfort in our lives.If you've been feeling like the world is a mess (especially in terms of politics) lately, this book can help you make sense of what's going on. And, it includes some takeaways we as individuals can use to help make a positive difference for ourselves, and by extension, society.

Started great. Then got awkward. Then weird. But not in a cool way. From the religion chapter on I just hated it. I feel like the author was honest and put his heart and soul into it but sometimes even if you’re well meaning and have previous success, when you push the limits and strain yourself to capacity, all that comes out is a fart. Never mind. I’ll still read Manson’s next one.

I’m (still) a big fan of Mark Manson. I’ve read almost all of his articles and I’m a premium member of his web-site. I also liked “The Subtle Art...” a lot: recommended it to all my friends and colleagues. But this book — is a huge disappointment, although I kind of expected this. It’s a enormous challenge to repeat the success of your first five start bestseller, and I admire the author for his effort.This time though, in my opinion, he just set his sights too high. To go after religion and deep philosophical questions one needs to be at least fairly knowledgeable in scripture and acquainted with works of serious philosophers of religion.Starting from the chapter about the “Emo Newton” it gets really boring. When it gets to religion, it’s just a string of platitudes and superficial conclusions so common for mainstream media. I couldn’t read it through to the end.

I love Mark Manson... I love his style of writing and his view. His previous book, "The subtle art ..." was filled with morsels of wisdom and I could recommend it to people knowing that they would find something of value. Not so with this book. It seems like he made up his mind to write another book, regardless. It is a load of bulls*** and I would not recommend it to anybody. Read at own risk.

How could a supposedly self-help book turns out to be a page-turner as well?You could easily gulp this book down in one sitting and then gaze at the horizon thinking solemnly, "hey, didn't really assume the reality is really such messed up in real world these days..." But ditch pessimism, this book would teach you to take hold of this messed up situation we are in, socially, politically, personally, historically even, and to pick up the hidden hope that is so obvious but so subtle that it somehow missed your attention altogether.Previously Mark Manson made us realize that "happiness" is rather overrated and why narrowing down your "f*** count" is very much necessary. Now he tries to have your attention more seriously and profoundly to a bigger perspective, that is our socio-political surroundings and our true position in it. With his typical humor, offbeat wisdom and terrific writing, you shouldn't give this book a miss. Living "hopefully" in this seemingly messed up world is another "subtle art" indeed.Once again you are up to the mark, Mark. Cheers.

I am a bit disappointed with this book. I spend whole weekend reading it but it is not like his previous book.1. If you have read Daniel kahneman, Nassim Taleb, Yuval harari, Rolf dobelli and Nietzsche then most of the things would be already read by you..2.Book has Mark's typical storytelling and humour and loads of F vocabulary. But in between long passages to repeat same thing gets boring too frequently..3.There are same themes; Auschwitz, a rare medical condition, boring psychological research description, Einstein and splaying of Facebook, Netflix and Twitter...4. I wonder if it has highest number of F vocabulary per page. It can work for one book, but not everytime...I recommend if you want quality writing read author mentioned in point 1 of my review..

When I started the book, I was very excited to read it because of the previous book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. The writing style of Mark Mason is funny, but I’m still not sure if I mean that in a positive or a negative way. His writing is obviously geared towards a 2019 audience that doesn’t read much, who may be impressed by the charisma of Mark Mason’s writing, just as some are impressed by Trump’s speeches.The book did introduce some ideas worth reflection such as the idea and need for hope, the differences between our Thinking and Feeling Brains. But generally speaking, I found it to be a manipulative style of writing, where opinions are at times overstated as facts and subtly squeezed between actual facts, giving the reader the impression that it’s all one big fact. Another thing that was disappointing about this book was the number of extensive footnotes added as notes at the end of the book. Don’t get me wrong, no one loves footnotes more than I do, but I like them as footnotes, not as references. I found this both deceiving and annoying while reading. One superscript went on for 3.5 pages as a reference. The reason why I found it deceiving is because while some of the superscripts are just references to articles, research or other books, many others are just an opinion such as “Granted he suggested it hypothetically…”p. 257 or “ I’m being a bit dramatic…” P.253 which changes the entire understanding of the paragraph. It was annoying for the obvious reason that once you found out that many of the references are in fact just additions to the writing that actually do change your understanding of it, it was frustrating to have to keep flipping back and forth to read the notes. There was also a lot of nonsensical circular logic in many of the arguments he arrogantly made. I think his Feeling brain fully took over in certain paragraphs or maybe mine is while writing this.

Absolutely amazed by this books content. It outlines the importance of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, Rene Descartes, and Nietzsche among others.But it's not a book for the masses. It is for those who have at least already secured them self in the past in the financial domain. Because if you don't have money to take care of your daily life, it is but hopeless to talk about philosophy. However, how to live an ideal life through moral and personal ethics is excellently explained in the book, and the fact that it can and will lead to personal fulfillment and satisfaction at a very deep level is beyond doubt.As rightly pointed out in the book, if you want to compare Kant's thinking brain with ours, his thinking brain must have had biceps. Most of us (if not all) are guided by our feeling brain. And that's where the author has successfully driven his point. Most of our problems are emotional (feeling brain is in the driver's seat, while the thinking brain is in the passenger seat), and we take decisions in life based on the emotions that the situations in life generates. Kant was the exception. The author has succeeded in outlining his own personal philosophy of life, a large share of which are a mix of Kant's philosophy and those of others (Nietzsche etc).I enjoyed the book from the beginning till the end. The best part is that the author is not dictating what the reader should do. He has let it for the reader to decide. Mark has on the other hand described in detail the importance of values and how it maneuvers the dynamics of the society and people in the world in general. It is a book about psychology and a lot of research has gone into the writing of it.The last portion of the book is about artificial intelligence (AI) and the proclamation that it is going to be the final religion.This book is highly recommended to all avid readers with an exploring mind, who really wants to go deep down the rabbit hole to seek out the fundamentals that govern the dynamics of life we are living at present. Lot of humour fill the book, the writer never stops entertaining even when the issue is deeply philosophical.Lot of love and respect to M. Manson for taking this bold step with writing EiF.

Mark Manson's thoughts on 'hope' and how it can be harmful are really interesting and thought-provoking. Some may not like his style of writing but I don't mind it and I share his sense of humour.He also doesn't pull any punches when it comes to criticising religion and other movements, so if you're easily offended be prepared.I'm close to rating this five stars, but I'm going to knock off one only because the last chapter went a bit wayward in my opinion. He discusses the upcoming AI revolution, which is interesting in itself but I would have preferred if he had summarised the ideas he'd addressed in the rest of the book instead - there were so many that a quick overview would have been nice.Other than that definitely a book worth reading