Improving Yourself: A Guide to Becoming Your Best Self

Randal Lea: I didn’t quite find it as laugh-out-loud funny as reviews made it out to be. I wish I had started I. With lower expectations. Let me lower your expectations so you will better enjoy this book!

United States on Oct 25, 2023

Antoinette of France: I enjoyed every bit of this book and have told everyone and their mother to get this.

Luvvie was so tasteful in tackling difficulties and uncomfortable conversations and shedding light on issues and topics that are not commonly talked about.

As part of my work as a coach, this book has educated me so much about racism, common respect and etiquette and being a proper human being in general in a very entertaining and fun way! Highly recommend!

France on Oct 23, 2021

Alina: The author clearly feels comfortable with herself, which is healthy, and I like it.
Some of the chapters are quite amusing and nice to read. But this book left me wonder how it is to produce a positive change by harshly judging others? It refers to stand up comedians who laugh and obese people, and it does it by telling them that perhaps they should shut up - to me the two behaviours are exactly equal, I'm afraid. Judging obese people for being obese, and judging stand up comedians for being stand up comedians is the same to me - both earn money on judging others, which is not exactly helpful either way.
So I'm unsure what values this book promotes.
Too late to return on kindle, sadly.

United Kingdom on May 20, 2021

Astrid: Very funny at times and very modern I recommend.
Still relevant today and can’t wait to read the next one

France on Apr 26, 2021

Otiti Jasmine Morawietz: So I read Luvvie's book and I was HOLLERING! I'm talking 'bout reading parts of it out loud to my mum and laughing so hard I couldn't even breathe or talk right. Yes, it's that good.

I'm Nigerian, I live in Germany, and I have NEVER felt so seen reading a book by someone who looks like me and does what I do. I don't know Luvvie personally, but I know she knows what she's talking about. The commentary, the insights, the shade (good heavens, the SHADE), and the passion in her book made me think about what it means to be a Black woman living in the West.

You don't have to agree with everything in I'm Judging You (I don't), but you do need to read it to challenge your thinking, your words, and your actions. You don't have to cuss to get your point across (I don't), but you do have to get your point across or nothing will ever change.

I was born and raised in Nigeria, moved to America for university, moved to Germany after I graduated. The way I see the world is very, VERY different from a lot of my peers, and Luvvie reflects a lot of how I think and WHY I think that way. Because the truth is our generation is grappling with a lot of things our parents never had to...

Germany on Nov 23, 2020

Val: Não conhecia, mas teve um daily deal da amazon com este livro e eu tinha achado o nome e a capa do livro geniais, gostei da premissa (mesmo nem conhecendo a Luvvie) e a Shonda indicou. Então, né, autobuy.

Simplesmente AMEI a Luvvie e o livro dela!

Ela fala de tudo: como é ser uma nigeriana nos EUA, amizades, racismo, machismo, feminismo branco e como ele é uma bosta racista e viva o feminismo interseccional (!!!), homofobia, gordofobia, cultura de estupro... Sério, "I'm Judging You..." é ótimo e o humor da Luvvie é sensacional! <3

Li várias resenhas com um monte de gente branca reclamando que Luvvie está praticando "racismo inverso" e falando que um tanto de coisa que ela comenta aparece nas mídias o tempo todo. Este povo todo é simplesmente o CÚMULO DO UNIVERSO, porque:

1) Racismo inverso não existe;
2) Em todos os momentos, Luvvie prega o diálogo e ressalta várias vezes que qualquer pessoa que não seja branca não tem privilégio na sociedade e que gente branca deveria entender isto e fazer algo para mudar esta situação;
3) Se tudo continua horrível com esta quantidade de coisa sobre feminismo, racismo, cultura de estupro...

Brazil on May 23, 2017

FDemmon: This book was recommended to me by a good friend who had thoroughly enjoyed it. She and many of the reviewers had said it was hilarious, and I agree that, especially in the early chapters it definitely is. Honestly, being a confirmed Luddite beyond a certain age, the social media chapters #were#lost#on#me. I presume to anyone under the age of, say, 50, would think those and chapters of similar content riotous. She writes very conversationally and colourfully, so the book is an easy read--although I had to look up a lot of words in an American Slag dictionary, which I didn't even know existed before a week ago.

The chapters I want to highlight, though, are those about the ugly -isms of our (and previous) times. If you are white, as I am, and male (even worse), this book should be required reading. If you are white and female, don't worry, there's a required chapter for you, too. She develops the concept of privilege between races and genders in a sobering, no-wonder-they-hate-us, exposition. It's fair to speculate that most white people have never heard the crux of racism described so eloquently. I know I hadn't. She leaves us no rocks to scuttle under, no elite liberal...

United States on Nov 29, 2016

Jazmyn D: For those of you who don't know, Luvvie is a long-time blogger and one of my favorites. I've been following her blog for years so when she announced that she was releasing a book this year I just knew I had to read it. I was ready to pre-order it before I knew what it was going to be about, and I wasn't the only one. There are quite a few of us in the LuvvNation and most of us felt the same way. We knew that Luvvie would remain true to her authentic self and she confirmed what I'd been thinking when she announced that the book would be more like an extension of her blog. She'd be touching on topics that she's no stranger to, but going more in depth and I praised Haysoos!

Oh, is that not a term you're familiar with? You will be after you check out her blog and book. In fact, she dropped all kinds of Luvvie-isms that's she known for in 'I'm Judging You', and was even kind enough to provide a reference section for the newcomers.

The book is broken down into four sections: Life, Culture, Social Media and Fame. It features chapter titles like 'When Baehood Goes Bad', 'Zamunda Is Not a Country. Neither Is Africa' and 'Homophobia is Geigh', 'Your Facebook Is My Favorite...

United States on Oct 21, 2016