Lisa-Jo Baker
Auteur de Never Unfriended: The Secret to Finding & Keeping Lasting Friendships
A propos de l'auteur
Lisa-Jo Baker has been the community manager for www.incourage.me, an online home for women all over the world, for nearly a decade. She is the author of Never Unfriended and Surprised by Motherhood, as well as the creator of The Temper Toolkit, and her writings have been syndicated from New afficher plus Zealand to New York. She lives just outside Washington, DC, with her husband and their three very loud kids, where she connects, encourages, and champions women in person and through her blog, lisajobaker.com. She is convinced that the shortest distance between strangers is a shared awkward story, and she'd love to connect with you on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram @lisajobaker. afficher moins
Œuvres de Lisa-Jo Baker
We Saved You a Seat - Bible Study Book: Finding and Keeping Lasting Friendships (2017) 41 exemplaires
We Saved You a Seat 1 exemplaire
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- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 206
- Popularité
- #107,332
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 14
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- 1
There are some good bits in this book, some truth, but there's also much I didn't like.
For starters, this is supposed to be a book about friendship. So when a point is brought up that our friends cannot ever satisfy or complete us the way Christ can (truth), it would make sense to use an example of when someone expected that of a friend and then learned better. Instead, Baker uses a very long story from her marriage. Over and over again, the author used her husband and children to illustrate points and I began to forget that I was reading a book on friendship, because it seemed so much more like a marriage and parenting read at times.
Baker also contradicted herself several times, as if she wasn't really sure how to say what she wanted to say. For instance, she mentions here and there that we can't be friends with everyone, and that we're not responsible for others' baggage or decisions (which would include their decision to not be friends with us). Then she turns around and says, "whether or not we have close friends is entirely in our own hands." (p 84) That's just not true. Whether or not we choose to be a good friend to others is up to us, but whether or not we have close friends is up to those other friends/non-friends, as well!
The author also falls into the trap of believing that every reader/woman is just like her. If she struggles with something, then we all struggle with it, apparently, and of course only the areas that she struggles with are touched on in the book. The book seems only half-finished, in a way, because of those blinders.
Her writing "style" isn't true style at all, it's just a bunch of fragmented sentences. (In my opinion, anyone who's taken an English class, let alone someone who considers herself a professional writer, should know how to construct a proper sentence.)
At the end of it all, this book just doesn't seem to be about friendship. There's not much here on making friends, or practical (and specific) tips for developing friendships. I don't recommend it.… (plus d'informations)