The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused and Start Standing Up for Yourself
by:
Beverly Engel (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780470179383 (0470179384)
Publish date: July 15th 2008
Publisher: Wiley
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Before reading this I knew I was nice but not that I had the nice girl syndrome...which according to this book I have quite a severe version of. Once I was diagnosed it was time to learn how to do something about it. I could relate to a very large proportion of this book, however, as extreme nicenes...
I think the hardest thing about writing this review was figuring out why this book annoyed me so much for the subject matter it addressed. It should've been something I received well given the subject matter and its intents as a self-help book, but the more I read it, the more I ended up reading mix...
Review to come. I read this a while back this past year and I know I'm probably going to be in the minority for saying this, but I found this book incredibly condescending for a self-help book. It's supposed to champion feminist ideals and help women who aren't in control of their lives and find i...